Indexes  Previous Next

ABQInteractions (Collection)

The collection of Abaqus interactions (ABQInteraction) objects attached to an
ABQInitialStep object.

Method Index

Add
Creates a new Abaqus interaction and adds it to the collection of Abaqus Interactions.
Item
Returns an Abaqus interaction using its index or its name from the
Remove
Removes an Abaqus interaction using its index or its name from the Interaction collection.

Methods


o Func Add(CATBSTR iInteractionType) As ABQInteraction
Creates a new Abaqus interaction and adds it to the collection of Abaqus Interactions.
Parameters:
iInteractionType
The type of the interaction to create.

Legal values:
"ABQSurfaceToSurfaceContact"
"ABQFastenedPair"
"ABQRigidBodyConstraint"
"ABQRigidCoupling"
"ABQSmoothCoupling"
"ABQARSurf"
Returns:
oInteraction The Abaqus interaction object that was created.
Example:
The following example creates a Contact pair interaction in the ABQInteractions collection: 
 Dim abaqusInteractions As ABQInteractions
 Dim abqFPair As ABQFastenedPair
 Set abqFPair =  abaqusInteractions..Add("ABQFastenedPair")
o Func Item(CATVariant iIndex) As ABQInteraction
Returns an Abaqus interaction using its index or its name from the ABQInteractions collection.
Parameters:
iIndex
The index or the name of the Abaqus interaction to retrieve from the collection of Abaqus Interactions. If the index is a number, it specifies the rank of the Abaqus interaction in the collection. The index of the first Abaqus interaction in the collection is 1, and the index of the last interaction is Count. If the index is a string, it specifies the name you assigned to the interaction using the CATIACollection::Name property.
Returns:
The specified ABQInteraction.
o Sub Remove(CATVariant iIndex)
Removes an Abaqus interaction using its index or its name from the Interaction collection.
Parameters:
iIndex
The index or the name of the Abaqus interaction to retrieve from the collection of Abaqus Interactions. If the index is a number, it specifies the rank of the Abaqus interaction in the collection. The index of the first Abaqus interaction in the collection is 1, and the index of the last interaction is Count. If the index is a string, it specifies the name you assigned to the interaction using the CATIABase::Name property.

Copyright © 2006, Dassault Systèmes. All rights reserved.