`GenericSupport`#

class ansys.dpf.core.generic_support.GenericSupport(name: str = '', generic_support=None, server=None)#

Bases: ansys.dpf.core.support.Support

Can support a location or label to describe its domain with its scope and properties.

Parameters:

generic_support (ctypes.c_void_p, ansys.grpc.dpf.tgeneric_support_pb2.GenericSupport)
server (ansys.dpf.core.server, optional) – Server with the channel connected to the remote or local instance. The default is None, in which case an attempt is made to use the global server.

Examples

Create a generic support.

>>> from ansys.dpf import core as dpf
>>> from ansys.dpf.core import GenericSupport
>>> support = GenericSupport("phase")
>>> field = dpf.Field(location="phase", nature=dpf.natures.scalar)
>>> support.set_support_of_property("viscosity", field)
>>> field = dpf.StringField()
>>> support.set_support_of_property("names", field)
>>> field = dpf.PropertyField(location="phase", nature=dpf.natures.scalar)
>>> support.set_support_of_property("type", field)
>>> support.available_field_supported_properties()
['viscosity']
>>> support.available_string_field_supported_properties()
['names']
>>> support.available_prop_field_supported_properties()
['type']
>>> field = support.field_support_by_property("viscosity")

Notes

Class available with server’s version starting at 5.0 (Ansys 2023R1).

Overview#

Methods

`set_support_of_property`	Support a Property by Field data.
`field_support_by_property`	Return a Field supporting (describing) a given property.
`prop_field_support_by_property`	Return a PropertyField supporting (describing) a given property.
`string_field_support_by_property`	Return a StringField supporting (describing) a given property.
`available_field_supported_properties`	Return the list of property names supported by a Field.
`available_prop_field_supported_properties`	Return the list of property names supported by a PropertyField.
`available_string_field_supported_properties`	Return the list of property names supported by a StringField.

Special methods

__del__

Clean up resources associated with the instance.

Import detail#

from ansys.dpf.core.generic_support import GenericSupport

Method detail#

GenericSupport.set_support_of_property(property_name: str, field_support) → None#

Support a Property by Field data.

Parameters:

property_name (str) – Name of the Property.
field_support (Field, PropertyField, StringField) – Data supporting this property.

GenericSupport.field_support_by_property(property_name: str)#

Return a Field supporting (describing) a given property.

Return type:: Field

Notes