46.18 PEGSection object

The PEGSection object defines the properties of a solid section.

The PEGSection object is derived from the Section object.

Access

import section
mdb.models[name].sections[name]
import odbSection
session.odbs[name].sections[name]

This method creates a PEGSection object.

Path

mdb.models[name].PEGSection
session.odbs[name].PEGSection

Required arguments

name

A String specifying the repository key.

material

A String specifying the name of the material.

Optional arguments

thickness

A Float specifying the thickness of the section. Possible values are thickness 0.0. The default value is 1.0.

wedgeAngle1

A Float specifying the value of the x component of the angle between the bounding planes, . The default value is 0.0.

wedgeAngle2

A Float specifying the value of the y component of the angle between the bounding planes, . The default value is 0.0.

Return value

A PEGSection object.

Exceptions

InvalidNameError and RangeError.

This method modifies the PEGSection object.

Required arguments

None.

Optional arguments

The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the PEGSection method, except for the name argument.

Return value

None

Exceptions

RangeError.

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