select_begin

data_partbuild.select_begin(*args, **kwargs) → Any

Specify parts, from the part build lists, to use in the part build process.

These commands are used by all iblanked structured formats when doing create_iblank process. They are also used by EnSight6, EnSight Gold, and User-Defined formats when selecting parent parts.

Args:

p0:

‘partN’ number of the part in the list of available parts in the model data file(s)

Examples:

ensight.data_partbuild.begin()
# 
# Doing a structured ensight part 
# 
ensight.data_partbuild.data_type("structured")
# 
# Selecting the first part in the 
# structured part building list 
# 
ensight.data_partbuild.select_begin(1)
# 
# Setting ijk ranges, step_by, delta values, etc. 
# and creating it. 
# 
ensight.data_partbuild.domain("inside")
ensight.data_partbuild.noderange_i(1,3)
ensight.data_partbuild.noderange_j(1,3)
ensight.data_partbuild.noderange_k(1,3)
ensight.data_partbuild.nodestep(1,1,1)
ensight.data_partbuild.nodedelta(0,0,0)
ensight.data_partbuild.description("my_inside_part")
ensight.data_partbuild.create()
ensight.data_partbuild.end()

Returns:

zero on success, non-zero on error