HistoryRegion object

The HistoryRegion object contains history data for a single location in the model.

The following topics are discussed:

Access

import odbAccess
session.odbs[name].steps[name].historyRegions[name]

HistoryRegion(...)

This method creates a HistoryRegion object.

Path

session.odbs[name].steps[name].HistoryRegion

Required arguments

name

A String specifying the name of the HistoryRegion object.

description

A String specifying the description of the HistoryRegion object.

point

A HistoryPoint object specifying the point to which the history data refer.

Optional arguments

loadCase

None or an OdbLoadCase object specifying the load case associated with the HistoryRegion object. The default value is None.

Return value

A HistoryRegion object.

Exceptions

None.

getSubset(...)

This method returns a subset of the data in the HistoryRegion object.

Required arguments

variableName

A String specifying the name of the output variable to return.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

A HistoryRegion object.

Exceptions

None.

getSubset(...)

This method returns a subset of the data in the HistoryRegion object.

Required arguments

start

A Float specifying the start of the subset. This is the same as the first item in the data array member of the HistoryOutput object.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

A HistoryRegion object.

Exceptions

None.

getSubset(...)

This method returns a subset of the data in the HistoryRegion object.

Required arguments

start

A Float specifying the start of the subset. This is the same as the first item in the data array member of the HistoryOutput object.

end

A Float specifying the end of the subset.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

A HistoryRegion object.

Exceptions

None.

Members

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

In addition, the HistoryRegion object can have the following members:

position

A SymbolicConstant specifying the position of the history output. Possible values are NODAL, INTEGRATION_POINT, WHOLE_ELEMENT, WHOLE_REGION, and WHOLE_MODEL.

historyOutputs

A repository of HistoryOutput objects.