pyansys
=======
This Python module allows you to:
 - Interactively control an instance of ANSYS using Python.  Linux only (for now).
 - Extract data from ANSYS files and to display them if ``VTK`` is installed.
 - Read in result ``(.rst)``, mass and stiffness ``(.full)``, and block archive ``(.cdb)`` files.

See the `Documentation <http://pyansys.readthedocs.io>`_ page for more details.


Installation
------------
Installation through pip::

    pip install pyansys

You can also visit `GitHub <https://github.com/akaszynski/pyansys>`_ to download the source.

Dependencies: ``numpy``, ``cython``, ``vtkInterface``. Optional: ``vtk``

Minimum requirements are numpy to extract results from a results file. To convert the raw data to a VTK unstructured grid, VTK 5.0 or greater must be installed with Python bindings.


Quick Examples
--------------
Many of the following examples are built in and can be run from the build-in
examples module.  For a quick demo, run:

.. code:: python

    from pyansys import examples
    examples.RunAll()


Controlling ANSYS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Create an instance of ANSYS and send commands to it.

.. code:: python

    import os
    import pyansys

    path = os.getcwd()
    ansys = pyansys.ANSYS(run_location=path)

    # create a square area using keypoints
    ansys.Prep7()
    ansys.K(1, 0, 0, 0)
    ansys.K(2, 1, 0, 0)
    ansys.K(3, 1, 1, 0)
    ansys.K(4, 0, 1, 0)    
    ansys.L(1, 2)
    ansys.L(2, 3)
    ansys.L(3, 4)
    ansys.L(4, 1)
    ansys.Al(1, 2, 3, 4)
    ansys.Save()
    ansys.Exit()


Loading and Plotting an ANSYS Archive File
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ANSYS archive files containing solid elements (both legacy and current), can
be loaded using ReadArchive and then converted to a vtk object.


.. code:: python

    import pyansys
    from pyansys import examples
    
    # Sample *.cdb
    filename = examples.hexarchivefile
    
    # Read ansys archive file
    archive = pyansys.ReadArchive(filename)
    
    # Print raw data from cdb
    for key in archive.raw:
       print "%s : %s" % (key, archive.raw[key])
    
    # Create a vtk unstructured grid from the raw data and plot it
    archive.ParseFEM()
    archive.grid.Plot()
    
    # write this as a vtk xml file 
    archive.SaveAsVTK('hex.vtu')


You can then load this vtk file using vtkInterface or another program that uses
VTK.
    
.. code:: python

    # Load this from vtk
    import vtkInterface
    grid = vtkInterface.UnstructuredGrid('hex.vtk')
    grid.Plot()


Loading and Plotting an ANSYS Result File
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This example reads in binary results from a modal analysis of a beam from
ANSYS.  This section of code does not rely on vtk and can be used solely with
numpy installed.

.. code:: python

    # Load the reader from pyansys
    import pyansys
    
    # Sample result file
    from pyansys import examples
    rstfile = examples.rstfile
    
    # Create result reader object by loading the result file
    result = pyansys.ResultReader(rstfile)
    
    # Get the solution time values (natural frequencies for this modal analysis)
    freqs = result.GetTimeValues()
    
    # Get the node numbers in this result file
    nnum = result.nnum
    
    # Get the 1st bending mode shape.  Nodes are ordered according to nnum.
    disp = result.GetNodalResult(0, True) # uses 0 based indexing 

    # it's just a numpy array
    print(disp)
    
.. code::

    [[  0.           0.           0.        ]
     [  0.           0.           0.        ]
     [  0.           0.           0.        ]
     ..., 
     [ 21.75315943 -14.01733637  -2.34010126]
     [ 26.60384371 -17.14955041  -2.40527841]
     [ 31.50985156 -20.31588852  -2.4327859 ]]

You can plot results as well directly from the file as well.

.. code:: python
    
    # Plot the displacement of the 1st in the x direction
    result.PlotNodalResult(0, 'x', label='Displacement')

    # Plot the nodal stress in the 'x' direction for the 6th result
    result.PlotNodalStress(5, 'Sx')


Reading a Full File
-------------------
This example reads in the mass and stiffness matrices associated with the above
example.

.. code:: python

    # Load the reader from pyansys
    import pyansys
    
    # load the full file
    fobj = pyansys.FullReader('file.full')
    dofref, k, m = fobj.LoadKM()  # upper triangle only

    # make k, m full
    k += sparse.triu(k, 1).T
    m += sparse.triu(m, 1).T

If you have ``scipy`` installed, you can solve the eigensystem for its natural 
frequencies and mode shapes.

.. code:: python

    from scipy.sparse import linalg

    # condition the k matrix
    # to avoid getting the "Factor is exactly singular" error
    k += sparse.diags(np.random.random(k.shape[0])/1E20, shape=k.shape)

    # Solve
    w, v = linalg.eigsh(k, k=20, M=m, sigma=10000)
    # System natural frequencies
    f = (np.real(w))**0.5/(2*np.pi)
    
    print('First four natural frequencies')
    for i in range(4):
        print '{:.3f} Hz'.format(f[i])
    
.. code::

    First four natural frequencies
    1283.200 Hz
    1283.200 Hz
    5781.975 Hz
    6919.399 Hz

License and Acknowledgments
---------------------------
``pyansys`` is licensed under the MIT license.

ANSYS documentation and functions build from html provided by `Sharcnet <https://www.sharcnet.ca/Software/Ansys/>`_.  Thanks!

This module, ``pyansys`` makes no commercial claim over ANSYS whatsoever.  This tool extends the functionality of ``ANSYS`` by adding a python interface in both file interface as well as interactive scripting without changing the core behavior or license of the original software.  The use of the interactive APDL control of ``pyansys`` requires a legally licensed local copy of ANSYS.
