Etabs Oapi

Sahil_Goyal · Oct 12, 2018

Hi,

I want to extract the unique names of selected point objects to an excel sheet using Etabs API.
I am using the get selected method to achieve this but it is not working for me.
Does anyone has any idea about how this can be done.

Thanks
Sahil

rscassar · Oct 15, 2018

I use python when using the Etabs OAPI and my code for getting all the points is:

def getAllPoints(incRestraint=False,units="mm"):
"""
This will return all the points of the model.
"""
[numberPts,ptNames,ptX,ptY,ptZ,ptCsys]=SapModel.PointObj.GetAllPoints()
#ptsConnectivityBinder=[]
#for i in range(numberPts):
# ptConnectivityBinder=SapModel.PointObj.GetConnectivity(ptNames)
# ptsConnectivityBinder.append(ptConnectivityBinder)
ptsRestraint=[]
if(incRestraint):
for i in range(numberPts):
ptRestraintSA=SapModel.PointObj.GetRestraint(ptNames)
ptRestraint=ptRestraintSA[0][0]
ptsRestraint.append(ptRestraint)
ptList=[]
for i in range(numberPts):
if(incRestraint):
if(units=="mm"):
ptList.append([ptNames,ptX,ptY,ptZ,ptsRestraint])
else:
ptList.append([ptNames,ptX*10**3,ptY*10**3,ptZ*10**3,ptsRestraint])
else:
if(units=="mm"):
ptList.append([ptNames,ptX,ptY,ptZ])
else:
ptList.append([ptNames,ptX*10**3,ptY*10**3,ptZ*10**3])
return ptList

Sahil_Goyal · Oct 15, 2018

Thanks for your response.
But this will give me all the points in the model. I want data only for the selected points(the points which user selects in the model).

rscassar · Oct 16, 2018

Yup, I get all the points in a list like in the code above, then the code would be something like:

selectedPts=[]
for i in ptLst:
if SapModel.PointObj.GetSelected(i)==True:
selectedPts+=

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