53.9 Delete object callback command

The deleteObjectCallback module provides methods that allow you to register a callback that will be invoked when specified Abaqus Scripting Interface objects are about to be deleted. This callback allows you to examine an object before it is deleted.

For example, in the following script the myCallback function is executed when any Job object is about to be deleted:

import deleteObjectCallback

def myCallback(path, userData):

    print 'About to delete', path

deleteObjectCallback.addCallback(path='mdb.jobs[*]')

Access

import deleteObjectCallback

53.9.1 deleteObjectCallback(...)

This method adds a callback function that will be invoked when the specified Abaqus Scripting Interface objects are about to be deleted. The callback is invoked only when the object is deleted using the Python statement del object. The callback is not invoked when the object is deleted using an Abaqus Scripting Interface command such as mdb.models[name].parts[name].deleteFeature().

Path

deleteObjectCallback.addCallback

Required arguments

callback

A Python function to be called when an object matching the specified path is about to be deleted. The interface definition of the callback function is:
def functionName(objectPath, userData)
where:
objectPath is the path to the object about to be deleted.
userData is the object passed as the userData argument to the addCallback method.

path

A String specifying the path to an object or the SymbolicConstant ANY. You can include wildcards in the path to specify a pattern to be matched. Examples of valid paths are:
path='mdb.models[*]'
path=”mdb.models['Axle*'].parts[*]”
path='mdb.models[*].materials[*]'

Optional arguments

userData

Any type of data. This data will be passed to the callback function. The default value is None.

includeChildren

A Boolean specifying that the callback should be called if an object owned by the object specified by the path argument is about to be deleted. The default value is False.

Return value

None

Exceptions

None.