Abaqus Scripting Reference Guide  


45.6 Skin object

The Skin object stores information on skin reinforcements created on entities.

Access
import part
mdb.models[name].parts[name].skins[name]
import assembly
mdb.models[name].rootAssembly.allinstances.skins[name]
mdb.models[name].rootAssembly.instances[name].skins[name]
mdb.models[name].rootAssembly.skins[name]


45.6.1 Skin(...)

This method creates a skin from a sequence of objects in a model database. At least one of the optional arguments needs to be specified.

Path
mdb.models[name].parts[name].Skin

Required argument

name

A String specifying the repository key. The default value is an empty string.

Optional arguments

faces

A sequence of Face objects specifying the faces on which skins should be created. Applicable to three and two dimensional parts.

edges

A sequence of Edge objects specifying the edges on which skins should be created. Applicable to axisymmetric parts.

elementFaces

A sequence of MeshFace objects specifying the mesh faces on which skins should be created. Applicable to three and two dimensional parts.

elementEdges

A sequence of MeshEdge objects specifying the mesh edges on which skins should be created. Applicable to axisymmetric parts.

Return value

A Skin object.

Exceptions

InvalidNameError.


45.6.2 EditSkin(...)

This method modifies underlying entities of the selected skin. At least one of the optional arguments needs to be specified.

Path
mdb.models[name].parts[name].EditSkin

Required argument

name

A String specifying the repository key. The default value is an empty string.

Optional arguments

faces

A sequence of Face objects specifying the faces on which skins should be created. Applicable to three and two dimensional parts.

edges

A sequence of Edge objects specifying the edges on which skins should be created. Applicable to axisymmetric parts.

elementFaces

A sequence of MeshFace objects specifying the mesh faces on which skins should be created. Applicable to three and two dimensional parts.

elementEdges

A sequence of MeshEdge objects specifying the mesh edges on which skins should be created. Applicable to axisymmetric parts.

Return value

A Skin object.

Exceptions

InvalidNameError.


45.6.3  Members

The Skin object has the following members:

elements
edges

An EdgeArray object.

faces

A FaceArray object.