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Mechanical scripting interface 2025

`MaterialPlot`

Last update: 09.03.2026

class Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.MaterialPlot

Bases: object

Defines a MaterialPlot.

Overview

Methods

Name Description
Activate Activate the current object.
Clear Run the Clear action.
CopyTo Copies all visible properties from this object to another.
CreateParameter Creates a new parameter for a Property.
Delete Run the Delete action.
Duplicate Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.
Generate Run the Generate action.
GetChildren Gets the list of children, filtered by type.
GetParameter Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.
GroupAllSimilarChildren Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.
GroupSimilarObjects Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.
PropertyByAPIName Get a property by its API name.
PropertyByName Get a property by its unique name.
RemoveParameter Removes the parameter from the parameter set corresponding to the given property.

Properties

Name Description
Children Gets the list of children.
DataModelObjectCategory Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.
InternalObject Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.
Location Gets or sets the Location.
MaterialProperty Gets or sets the MaterialProperty.
MaterialPropertyComponent Gets or sets the MaterialPropertyComponent.
Properties Gets the list of properties for this object.
Suppressed Gets or sets the Suppressed.
VisibleProperties Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.

Property detail

property MaterialPlot.Children : List[Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Interfaces.IDataModelObject] | None

Gets the list of children.

property MaterialPlot.DataModelObjectCategory : Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Enums.DataModelObjectCategory | None

Gets the current DataModelObject’s category.

property MaterialPlot.InternalObject : Ansys.Common.Interop.DSObjectsAuto.IDSMaterialPlotAuto | None

Gets the internal object. For advanced usage only.

property MaterialPlot.Location : Ansys.ACT.Interfaces.Common.ISelectionInfo | None

Gets or sets the Location.

property MaterialPlot.MaterialProperty : str | None

Gets or sets the MaterialProperty.

property MaterialPlot.MaterialPropertyComponent : str | None

Gets or sets the MaterialPropertyComponent.

property MaterialPlot.Properties : tuple[Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Property] | None

Gets the list of properties for this object.

property MaterialPlot.Suppressed : bool | None

Gets or sets the Suppressed.

property MaterialPlot.VisibleProperties : tuple[Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Property] | None

Gets the list of properties that are visible for this object.

Method detail

MaterialPlot.Activate() → None

Activate the current object.

MaterialPlot.Clear() → None

Run the Clear action.

MaterialPlot.CopyTo(other: Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.DataModelObject) → None

Copies all visible properties from this object to another.

MaterialPlot.CreateParameter(propName: str) → Ansys.ACT.Interfaces.Mechanical.IParameter

Creates a new parameter for a Property.

MaterialPlot.Delete() → None

Run the Delete action.

MaterialPlot.Duplicate() → Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Interfaces.IDataModelObject

Creates a copy of the current DataModelObject.

MaterialPlot.Generate() → None

Run the Generate action.

MaterialPlot.GetChildren(recurses: bool, children: List[ChildrenType]) → List[ChildrenType]

Gets the list of children, filtered by type.

MaterialPlot.GetParameter(propName: str) → Ansys.ACT.Interfaces.Mechanical.IParameter

Gets the parameter corresponding to the given property.

MaterialPlot.GroupAllSimilarChildren() → None

Run the GroupAllSimilarChildren action.

MaterialPlot.GroupSimilarObjects() → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.TreeGroupingFolder

Run the GroupSimilarObjects action.

MaterialPlot.PropertyByAPIName(name: str) → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Property

Get a property by its API name.
If multiple properties have the same API Name, only the first property with that name will be returned.

MaterialPlot.PropertyByName(name: str) → Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.Property

Get a property by its unique name.

MaterialPlot.RemoveParameter(propName: str) → None

Removes the parameter from the parameter set corresponding to the given property.

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