sectinqr#

Mapdl.sectinqr(nsect, key, pname='__tmpvar__', **kwargs)#

Get information about a section id set.

Warning

DISCLAIMER: This function is un-documented in the official ANSYS Command Reference Guide. Hence its support is limited and it use is not encouraged. Please use it with caution.

Parameters:
nsectint

Section id table number should be 0 for key=11, DB_NUMDEFINED, DB_NUMSELECTED, DB_MAXDEFINED, and DB_MAXRECLENG.

keyint

Information flag.

  • DB_SELECTED - return select status

    • 0 - ection id table is undefined.

    • -1 - section id table is unselected.

    • 1 - section id table is selected

  • DB_NUMDEFINED - return number of defined section id tables

  • DB_NUMSELECTED - return number of selected section id tables

  • DB_MAXDEFINED - return highest section id table defined

  • DB_MAXRECLENG - return maximum record length (dp words)

  • 2 - return length (dp words)

  • 3 - return layer number (for cross reference files return number of entities)

  • 4 - return address of first data word

  • 5 - return length (in record type units)

  • 6 - return compressed record number.

  • 11 - return void percent (integer)

  • 16 - return location of next record (this increments the next record count)

  • 18 - return type of file.

    • 0 - integer

    • 1 - double precision

    • 2 - real

    • 3 - complex

    • 4 - character*8

    • 7 - index

  • 19 - return virtual type of file.

    • 0 - fixed length (4.4 form)

    • 1 - indexed variable length (layer data)

    • 2 - xref data tables

    • 3 - bitmap data (for 32 data item packed records)

    • 4 - data tables (three dimensional arrays)

pnamestr

Name of the variable where the queried value is stored.

**kwargs

Extra arguments to be passed to Mapdl.run.

Returns:
int or str

The returned value of sectinqr is based on setting of key.