SymbolicConstants

Some arguments require that you provide a SymbolicConstant. SymbolicConstants are defined by the Abaqus Scripting Interface and are written in all capital letters. If your script uses a SymbolicConstant defined by the Abaqus Scripting Interface, you must import the SymbolicConstant with the following statement before you refer to it:

from abaqusConstants import *

When an argument to a command is a SymbolicConstant, the description in the Abaqus Scripting Reference Guide lists all its possible values. For example, when you are printing an image, the image can be rendered in one of the following formats: BLACK_AND_WHITE, GREYSCALE, or COLOR.

Similarly, a data member can be a SymbolicConstant. For example, the type member of the Elastic object can be one of the following SymbolicConstants: ISOTROPIC, ORTHOTROPIC, ANISOTROPIC, ENGINEERING_CONSTANTS, LAMINA, TRACTION, or COUPLED_TRACTION.

If the SymbolicConstants provided by the Abaqus Scripting Interface do not meet your needs, you can create your own SymbolicConstants using the SymbolicConstant constructor. For more information, see SymbolicConstant object.