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 # `LocationDefinitionMethod`

 Last update: 09.03.2026 

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#### *class* Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.Enums.LocationDefinitionMethod(\*args, \*\*kwds)

Bases: [`enum.Enum`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/enum.html#enum.Enum)

Specifies the LocationDefinitionMethod.

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## Overview

### Attributes

Name[`Beam`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.Beam)[`Bearing`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.Bearing)[`BoundaryCondition`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.BoundaryCondition)[`ContactRegion`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.ContactRegion)[`CoordinateSystem`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.CoordinateSystem)[`GeometrySelection`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.GeometrySelection)[`MeshConnection`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.MeshConnection)[`NamedSelection`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.NamedSelection)[`NoSelection`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.NoSelection)[`RemotePoint`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.RemotePoint)[`Spring`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.Spring)[`Surface`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.Surface)[`UserDefinedCoordinates`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.UserDefinedCoordinates)[`WeakSprings`](#LocationDefinitionMethod.WeakSprings)<a id="attribute-detail"></a>

## Attribute detail

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### LocationDefinitionMethod.Beam *= 7*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.Bearing"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.Bearing *= 12*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.BoundaryCondition"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.BoundaryCondition *= 3*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.ContactRegion"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.ContactRegion *= 5*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.CoordinateSystem"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.CoordinateSystem *= 1*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.GeometrySelection"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.GeometrySelection *= 0*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.MeshConnection"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.MeshConnection *= 9*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.NamedSelection"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.NamedSelection *= 2*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.NoSelection"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.NoSelection *= 4*

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### LocationDefinitionMethod.RemotePoint *= 6*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.Spring"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.Spring *= 10*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.Surface"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.Surface *= 11*

<a id="LocationDefinitionMethod.UserDefinedCoordinates"></a>

### LocationDefinitionMethod.UserDefinedCoordinates *= 8*

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### LocationDefinitionMethod.WeakSprings *= -1*