34.22 OdbRigidBody object

The Rigid body object is used to bind a set of elements and/or a set of nodes and/or an analytical surface with a reference node.

Access

import odbAccess
session.odbs[name].parts[name].rigidBodies[i]
session.odbs[name].rootAssembly.instances[name].rigidBodies[i]
session.odbs[name].rootAssembly.rigidBodies[i]
session.odbs[name].steps[name].frames[i].fieldOutputs[name].values[i]\
.instance.rigidBodies[i]

34.22.1 RigidBody(...)

This method creates a OdbRigidBody object.

Path

session.odbs[name].rootAssembly.instances[name].RigidBody

session.odbs[name].rootAssembly.RigidBody

Required argument

referenceNode

An OdbSet object specifying the reference node set associated with the rigid body.

Optional arguments

position

A SymbolicConstant specifying the specific location of the OdbRigidBody reference node relative to the rest of the rigid body. Possible values are INPUT and CENTER_OF_MASS. The default value is INPUT.

isothermal

A Boolean specifying specify whether the OdbRigidBody can have temperature gradients or be isothermal. This is used only for fully coupled thermal-stress analysis The default value is ON.

elements

An OdbSet object specifying the element set whose motion is governed by the motion of rigid body reference node.

tieNodes

An OdbSet object specifying the node set which have both translational and rotational degrees of freedom associated with the rigid body.

pinNodes

An OdbSet object specifying the node set which have only translational degrees of freedom associated with the rigid body.

analyticSurface

An AnalyticSurface object specifying the analytic surface whose motion is governed by the motion of rigid body reference node.

Return value

An OdbRigidBody object.

Exceptions

None.

34.22.2 Members

The OdbRigidBody object has members with the same names and descriptions as the arguments to the RigidBody method.