The ConnAccelerationBC object stores the data for a connector acceleration boundary condition.
The ConnAccelerationBC object is derived from the BoundaryCondition object.
import load mdb.models[name].boundaryConditions[name]
This method creates an ConnAccelerationBC object.
mdb.models[name].ConnAccelerationBC
Required arguments
A String specifying the boundary condition repository key.
A String specifying the name of the step in which the boundary condition is created.
A sequence of Strings specifying the names of the connectors to which the boundary condition is applied.
Optional arguments
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the acceleration component in the connector's local 1-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are UNSET and SET. The default value is UNSET.
Note: Although a1, a2, a3, ar1, ar2, and ar3 are optional arguments, at least one of them must be specified.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the acceleration component in the connector's local 2-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are UNSET and SET. The default value is UNSET.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the acceleration component in the connector's local 3-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are UNSET and SET. The default value is UNSET.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the rotational acceleration component in the connector's local 4-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are UNSET and SET. The default value is UNSET.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the rotational acceleration component in the connector's local 5-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are UNSET and SET. The default value is UNSET.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the rotational acceleration component in the connector's local 6-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are UNSET and SET. The default value is UNSET.
A String or the SymbolicConstant UNSET specifying the name of the amplitude reference. UNSET should be used if the boundary condition has no amplitude reference. The default value is UNSET. You should provide the amplitude argument only if it is valid for the specified step.
A SymbolicConstant specifying how the boundary condition is distributed spatially. Possible values are UNIFORM and USER_DEFINED. The default value is UNIFORM.
Return value
A ConnAccelerationBC object.
Exceptions
This method modifies the data for an existing ConnAccelerationBC object in the step where it is created.
Required arguments
Optional arguments
The optional arguments to setValues are the same as the arguments to the ConnAccelerationBC method, except for the name and createStepName arguments.
Return value
Exceptions
This method modifies the propagating data for an existing ConnAccelerationBC object in the specified step.
Required argument
A String specifying the name of the step in which the boundary condition is modified.
Optional arguments
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the connector acceleration component in the connector's local 1-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are SET, UNCHANGED, and FREED.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the connector acceleration component in the connector's local 2-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are SET, UNCHANGED, and FREED.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the connector acceleration component in the connector's local 3-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are SET, UNCHANGED, and FREED.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the connector acceleration component in the connector's local 4-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are SET, UNCHANGED, and FREED.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the connector acceleration component in the connector's local 5-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are SET, UNCHANGED, and FREED.
A Float or a SymbolicConstant specifying the connector acceleration component in the connector's local 6-direction. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are SET, UNCHANGED, and FREED.
A String or a SymbolicConstant specifying the name of the amplitude reference. Possible values for the SymbolicConstant are UNCHANGED and FREED. UNCHANGED should be used if the amplitude is propagated from the previous analysis step. FREED should be used if the boundary condition is changed to have no amplitude reference. You should provide the amplitude argument only if it is valid for the specified step.
Return value
Exceptions
The ConnAccelerationBC object can have the following members:
A String specifying the boundary condition repository key.
A SymbolicConstant specifying how the boundary condition is distributed spatially. Possible values are UNIFORM and USER_DEFINED. The default value is UNIFORM.
A tuple of Strings specifying the names of the connectors to which the boundary condition is applied.
A SymbolicConstant specifying the category of the boundary condition. Possible values are MECHANICAL and THERMAL.
A Region object specifying the region to which the boundary condition is applied.
None or a DatumCsys object specifying the local coordinate system of the boundary condition's degrees of freedom. If localCsys=None, the degrees of freedom are defined in the global coordinate system. The default value is None.