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 # MaterialPointType

 Last update: 10.09.2025 

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### *class* ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType(value, names=None, \*values, module=None, qualname=None, type=None, start=1, boundary=None)

Defines define type of material point.

### Methods

NameDescription[`MaterialPointType.conjugate`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.conjugate.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.conjugate)Returns self, the complex conjugate of any int.[`MaterialPointType.bit_length`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.bit_length.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.bit_length)(/)Number of bits necessary to represent self in binary.[`MaterialPointType.bit_count`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.bit_count.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.bit_count)(/)Number of ones in the binary representation of the absolute value of self.[`MaterialPointType.to_bytes`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.to_bytes.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.to_bytes)(/\[, length, ...\])Return an array of bytes representing an integer.[`MaterialPointType.from_bytes`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.from_bytes.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.from_bytes)(/, bytes\[, ...\])Return the integer represented by the given array of bytes.[`MaterialPointType.as_integer_ratio`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.as_integer_ratio.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.as_integer_ratio)(/)Return a pair of integers, whose ratio is equal to the original int.[`MaterialPointType.is_integer`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.is_integer.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.is_integer)(/)Returns True.### Attributes

NameDescription[`MaterialPointType.real`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.real.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.real)the real part of a complex number[`MaterialPointType.imag`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.imag.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.imag)the imaginary part of a complex number[`MaterialPointType.numerator`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.numerator.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.numerator)the numerator of a rational number in lowest terms[`MaterialPointType.denominator`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.denominator.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.denominator)the denominator of a rational number in lowest terms[`MaterialPointType.DEAD`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.DEAD.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.DEAD)Used to define dead material point.[`MaterialPointType.LIVE`](ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.LIVE.md#ansys.meshing.prime.MaterialPointType.LIVE)Used to define live material point.