PyMechanical documentation 0.9.3#
Introduction#
PyMechanical is part of the larger PyAnsys
effort to facilitate the use of Ansys technologies directly from
Python. Its primary package, ansys-mechanical-core, provides
scripting of Ansys Mechanical through Python.
With PyMechanical, you can integrate the simulation capabilities
of the Mechanical multiphysics solver directly into novel apps.
The ansys-mechanical-core package presents a Python-friendly
interface to drive the software that facilitates the use of Mechanical
scripting commands.
With PyMechanical, you can accomplish tasks like these:
Accelerate the preparation of your simulations.
Combine the expressiveness of general-purpose Python code to control the flow in your input decks with methods that drive the solver.
Explore proof-of-concept studies or capture knowledge using interactive Jupyter notebooks.
Tap the solver as the physics engine in your next AI app.
Contributions to this open source library are welcome. For more information, see Contribute.
Mechanical scripting#
You can already perform scripting of Mechanical with Python from inside Mechanical. PyMechanical leverages the same APIs as Mechanical but allows you to run your automation from outside Mechanical. For more information on using these APIs, see Mechanical scripting.
Background#
PyMechanical contains two interfaces: a remote session and an embedded instance.
Remote session#
PyMechanical’s remote session is based on gRPC. Mechanical runs as a server, ready to respond to any clients.
PyMechanical provides a client to connect to a Mechanical server and make API calls to this server.
For information on using a remote session, see Remote sessions.
Embedded instance#
PyMechanical’s embedded instance is based on Python.NET. Rather than starting a new process for Mechanical, a Mechanical object (which is implemented in .NET) is directly loaded into Python memory using Python.NET. From there, Mechanical’s entire data model is available for use from Python code.
For information on using an embedded instance, see Embedded instances.