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Patran PCL - Using Variable for Field Name in Load Definition

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FEAguy27

Mechanical
Dec 22, 2010
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Hi,

Does anyone know how to place a string variable into the slot for the field name ("f:fieldname") when creating a load in Patran PCL? As shown below, I initialize a string variable, define it, and then try to use it in the load definition. I am able to use it to name the load (first entry) with the variable name, but not to reference the field (10,11,12th entry) with the variable name.

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STRING FieldName[32]

FieldName = "Test1"

...more code to create field named "Test1"....

loadsbcs_create2( FieldName, "Pressure", "Element Uniform", "2D", "Static", ["Element 1:375"], "FEM", "", "1.", ["", <I want to insert variable FieldName here> ,""], ["", "", ""] )

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I have tried several ways including:

FieldName
"Fieldname"
(FieldName)
("FieldName")
“f:” // FieldName
$FieldName
"$FieldName"
($Fieldname)
created a new STRING var defined as “f:” // FieldName
tried to create a STRING array and replace the entire ["","",""]


Note: it does work if i manually enter the name "Test1":


loadsbcs_create2( FieldName, "Pressure", "Element Uniform", "2D", "Static", ["Element 1:375"], "FEM", "", "1.", ["","f:Test1",""], ["", "", ""] )


But I want it to reference the variable name so I can do this for multiple entries.

Let me know if you have any ideas - Thanks!



 
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