Monitoring Surface Output

Assign a part as a monitoring surface output.

monitor = vwt.SurfaceMonitor(partId)

Parameters

partId
Part or list of parts

Attributes

visualStartType
Set start type to Time or Iteration
visualStartTime
Set start time to write output
visualStartIteration
Set start iteration to write output
visualSamplingType
Set sampling type to Target Frequency or Output Interval
visualTargetFrequency
Set target Frequency to automatically compute output timestep size
visualOutputInterval
Set output timestep size in iteration units
summaryStartType
Set start type to Time or Iteration
summaryStartTime
Set start time to write output
summaryStartIteration
Set start iteration to write output
summarySamplingType
Set sampling type to Target Frequency or Output Interval
summaryTargetFrequency
Set target Frequency to automatically compute output timestep size
summaryOutputInterval
Set output timestep size in iteration units

Methods

visualProperties()
List of valid visual property names
getVisualProperty("PropertyName")
Get output status of property
setVisualProperty("PropertyName", True)
Set output status of property
summaryProperties()
List of valid summry property names
getSummaryProperty("PropertyName")
Get output status of property
setSummaryProperty("PropertyName", True)
Set output status of property