Ansys Workbench scripting follows an object-based approach, where interaction with data is defined in terms of objects. Objects have properties that can be used to get or set data values, and methods that use or modify the data. In terms of the Ansys Workbench concepts described in Ansys Workbench Project and Data Model Concepts, objects are references to data entities in the data model, and the methods are commands and queries which operate on those entities.

For example, a parameter is a data entity that has properties such as description, value, and expression, and has methods that operate on the parameter to (for example) delete it or determine which other parts of the data model are associated with the parameter.