PyFlux: Get application type

Romain B
Romain B Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi, 

I'm back with questions regarding Python/PyFlux. I'm trying to determine the current application in a script. I have two questions:

1. In my tests, I found out that my current application is always Application[2]. Why is there no Application[0], and why is Application[1] the pre-processor?

2. When I type 'Application[2]' in the PyFlux command line, I get 'ApplicationMagneticTransient3D[2]', which would be good for me to determine the application. Yet, when I assign it to a variable 'myVar = Application[2]', a print of that variable returns '2'. I can't seem to get the information I want. There must be a python mechanism that I don't understand, and it might be useful for several other tasks in Flux.

 

Thank you very much in advance!

Romain

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  • lombard
    lombard
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2019

    Hello,

    The Application[1] is always the preprocessor. Application[2] is for the physical application.

    I propose you to use a specific command (which is valid for all Flux entities):

    A=Application[2].getPyFluxCommand()

    print A

    It should display something like this for transient application:

    ApplicationMagneticTransient2D(domain2D=Domain2DPlane(lengthUnit=LengthUnit['MILLIMETER'],

                                                          depth='75'),

                                   solverFE=SolverFEFlux3D(),

                                   coilCoefficient=CoilCoefficientAutomatic(),

                                   transientInitialization=TransientInitializationStaticComputation())


    I hope it will help.

    regards

    Patrick

  • Romain B
    Romain B Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    Hello Patrick, 

    Fantastic! Thank you very much.

     

    Romain

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