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Open the existing or saved SAP2000 model using MATLAB
- Thread starter reddyteja
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asanchezlc
Civil/Environmental
Hello,
I let you code in python. I hope you can translate it to matlab:
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import os
import sys
import comtypes.client
#create API helper object
helper = comtypes.client.CreateObject('SAP2000v1.Helper')
helper = helper.QueryInterface(comtypes.gen.SAP2000v1.cHelper)
#create an instance of the SAPObject from the latest installed SAP2000
mySapObject = helper.CreateObjectProgID("CSI.SAP2000.API.SapObject")
#start SAP2000 application
mySapObject.ApplicationStart()
#create SapModel object
SapModel = mySapObject.SapModel
#initialize model
ret = SapModel.InitializeNewModel()
#open existing file
FileName = 'C:\\CSiAPIexample\\Model.sdb'
ret = SapModel.File.OpenFile(FileName)
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First lines are directly copied from CSI OAPI Example, so only last lines are related to opening files. I hope it will be useful
Greetings
I let you code in python. I hope you can translate it to matlab:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
import os
import sys
import comtypes.client
#create API helper object
helper = comtypes.client.CreateObject('SAP2000v1.Helper')
helper = helper.QueryInterface(comtypes.gen.SAP2000v1.cHelper)
#create an instance of the SAPObject from the latest installed SAP2000
mySapObject = helper.CreateObjectProgID("CSI.SAP2000.API.SapObject")
#start SAP2000 application
mySapObject.ApplicationStart()
#create SapModel object
SapModel = mySapObject.SapModel
#initialize model
ret = SapModel.InitializeNewModel()
#open existing file
FileName = 'C:\\CSiAPIexample\\Model.sdb'
ret = SapModel.File.OpenFile(FileName)
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First lines are directly copied from CSI OAPI Example, so only last lines are related to opening files. I hope it will be useful
Greetings
No idea if this is valid, but I thought ChatGPT might have a go at it.
TTFN (ta ta for now)
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Code:
% Initialize the SAP2000 COM interface
sapObject = actxserver('SAP2000v20.SapObject');
% Start the SAP2000 application
sapObject.StartApplication;
% Open an existing model
modelPath = 'C:\path\to\model.sdb';
sapObject.SapModel.File.OpenFile(modelPath);TTFN (ta ta for now)
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