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ansysmechanicalcore 0.11.7

Overview
PyMechanical brings Ansys Mechanical to Python. It enables your Python programs to use
Mechanical within Python’s ecosystem. It includes the ability to:

Connect to a remote Mechanical session
Embed an instance of Mechanical directly as a Python object

Install the package
Install PyMechanical using pip with:
pip install ansys-mechanical-core
For more information, see Install the package
in the PyMechanical documentation.

Dependencies
You must have a licensed copy of Ansys Mechanical
installed. When using an embedded instance, that installation must be runnable from the
same computer as your Python program. When using a remote session, a connection to that
session must be reachable from your Python program.

Getting started
PyMechanical uses the built-in scripting capabilities of Mechanical. For information on the
scripting APIs available, see the Scripting in Mechanical Guide in the
Ansys Help.

Configuring the mechanical installation
On a Windows system, the environment variable AWP_ROOT<ver> is configured when Mechanical is
installed, where <ver> is the Mechanical release number, such as 242 for release 2024 R2.
PyMechanical automatically uses this environment variable (or variables if there are multiple
installations of different versions) to locate the latest Mechanical installation. On a Linux
system, you must configure the AWP_ROOT<ver> environment variable to point to the
absolute path of a Mechanical installation.

Starting a remote session
To start a remote session of Mechanical on your computer from Python, use the launch_mechanical()
method. This methods returns an object representing the connection to the session:
import ansys.mechanical.core as pymechanical

mechanical = pymechanical.launch_mechanical()

Running commands on the remote session
Given a connection to a remote session, you can send an IronPython script. This uses the built-in
scripting capabilities of Mechanical. Here is an example:
result = mechanical.run_python_script("2+3")
result = mechanical.run_python_script("ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.ProjectDirectory")

Using an embedded instance of Mechanical as a Python object
PyMechanical also supports directly embedding an instance of Mechanical as a Python object.
In this mode, there is no externally running instance of Mechanical. This feature is supported
on Windows and Linux for version 2023 R2 and later. Here is an example:
import ansys.mechanical.core as pymechanical

app = pymechanical.App()
app.update_globals(globals())
project_dir = DataModel.Project.ProjectDirectory

Documentation and issues
Documentation for the latest stable release of PyMechanical is hosted at PyMechanical documentation.
In the upper right corner of the documentation’s title bar, there is an option for switching from
viewing the documentation for the latest stable release to viewing the documentation for the
development version or previously released versions.
You can also view or
download the
PyMechanical cheat sheet. This one-page reference provides syntax rules and commands
for using PyMechanical.
On the PyMechanical Issues page,
you can create issues to report bugs and request new features. On the PyMechanical Discussions page or the Discussions
page on the Ansys Developer portal, you can post questions, share ideas, and get community feedback.
To reach the project support team, email pyansys.core@ansys.com.

Testing and development
If you would like to test or contribute to the development of PyMechanical, see
Contribute in
the PyMechanical documentation.