Materials

class ansys.aedt.core.modules.material_lib.Materials(app)

Contains the AEDT materials database and all methods for creating and editing materials.

Parameters:

appansys.aedt.core.application.analysis_3d.FieldAnalysis3D

Inherited parent object.

Examples

>>> from ansys.aedt.core import Hfss
>>> app = Hfss()
>>> materials = app.materials

Methods

Materials.add_material(name[, properties])	Add a material with default values.
Materials.add_material_sweep(assignment, name)	Create a sweep material made of an array of materials.
Materials.add_surface_material(name[, ...])	Add a surface material.
Materials.check_thermal_modifier(material)	Check a material to see if it has any thermal modifiers.
Materials.duplicate_material(material[, ...])	Duplicate a material.
Materials.duplicate_surface_material(...)	Duplicate a surface material.
Materials.exists_material(material)	Check if a material exists in AEDT or PyAEDT Definitions.
Materials.export_materials_to_file(output_file)	Export all materials to a JSON or TOML file.
Materials.get_used_project_material_names()	Get list of material names in current project.
Materials.import_materials_from_excel(input_file)	Import and create materials from a csv or excel file.
Materials.import_materials_from_file([...])	Import and create materials from a JSON or AMAT file.
Materials.import_materials_from_workbench(...)	Import and create materials from Workbench Engineering Data XML file.
Materials.remove_material(material[, library])	Remove a material.

Attributes

Materials.conductors	Conductors in the material database.
Materials.dielectrics	Dielectrics in the material database.
Materials.gases	Return the gas materials.
Materials.liquids	Return the liquids materials.
Materials.mat_names_aedt	List material names.
Materials.mat_names_aedt_lower	List material names with lower case.
Materials.odefinition_manager	Definition Manager from AEDT.
Materials.omaterial_manager	Material Manager from AEDT.
Materials.surface_material_keys	Dictionary of Surface Material in the project.