19.15.6. Animation

To animate a Python Result, time scoping is needed in the script:

timeScop = dpf.Scoping()
timeScop.Ids = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
u.inputs.time_scoping.Connect(timeScop)

In this example, timeScop.Ids represents all steps defined in the analysis. In this case, 10 steps are defined.

Recommendation:  Ansys recommends that you clear and re-evaluate Python Results after resuming the project in Mechanical, otherwise the animation may fail.

Limitations

Note the following limitations for the animation capability:

  • Animations of the Python Result is supported for Static Analysis, Transient Structural, Steady-State Thermal, and Thermal Transient analyses and Modal analyses when there is no complex result.

  • Animation is only supported when all the available time steps are selected in the time scoping. Otherwise, the animation fails. For example, if you make the following entry: timeScop.Ids = [1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10], the animation will fail.

  • For the Distributed mode, the animation shows the last contour and deformation when t = 0.