sdelete#

Mapdl.sdelete(sfirst='', slast='', sinc='', knoclean='', lchk='', **kwargs)#

Deletes sections from the database.

APDL Command: SDELETE

Parameters:
sfirst

First section ID to be deleted; defaults to first available section in the database.

slast

Last section ID to be deleted; defaults to last available section in the database.

sinc

Increment of the section ID; defaults to 1.

knoclean

Pretension element cleanup key (pretension sections only).

0 - Perform cleanup of pretension elements (delete pretension elements and

reconnect elements split during PSMESH).

1 - Do not perform cleanup.

lchk

Specifies the level of element-associativity checking:

NOCHECK - No element-associativity check occurs. This option is the default.

WARN - When a section, material, or real constant is associated with an element, ANSYS

issues a message warning that the necessary entity has been deleted.

CHECK - The command terminates, and no section, material, or real constant is deleted

if it is associated with an element.

Notes

Deletes one or more specified sections and their associated data from the ANSYS database.