Solver Interface with Python API commands

Thirukumaran

Hello Developers,

I have been trying to change the solver profile from "Abaqus" to "LsDyna" thru some python scripting. I used python API commands as follows:

I get solvername from the hm_getsolver tcl command. After this, I executed the commands from the recording as follows and got the output for "hm_getsolver" to be Ls_Dyna.

But the GUI doesn't seem to change as per the current solver interface. Any comments on this issue on what I am missing here. Any related solutions are welcome.

Thanks in advance,

Thirukumaran S

Michal Stefuca

Hi @Thirukumaran

When you switch the solver profile in the GUI few things happen in the background and the change of the active solver template (model.templatefileset) is only one of them. Hence you see hm_getsolver returning Dyna, while the UI is still in Abaqus profile.

If you are operating in batch mode, changing the solver template is typically sufficient as there is no GUI action taking place.

Python API to change/control solver profiles is not yet available, but you can call the below Tcl command:

hw.evalTcl('hm_framework loaduserprofile LsDyna "Keyword971_R16.0"')

Thanks,

Michal Stefuca
Automation & Customization