Skin object

The Skin object stores information on skin reinforcements created on entities.

The following topics are discussed:

Access
Skin(...)
EditSkin(...)
Members

Access

import part
mdb.models[name].parts[name].skins[name]
import assembly
mdb.models[name].rootAssembly.allinstances.skins[name]
mdb.models[name].rootAssembly.instances[name].skins[name]
mdb.models[name].rootAssembly.skins[name]

Skin(...)

This method creates a skin from a sequence of objects in a model database. At least one of the optional arguments needs to be specified.

Path

mdb.models[name].parts[name].Skin

Required arguments

name: A String specifying the repository key. The default value is an empty string.

Optional arguments

faces: A sequence of Face objects specifying the faces on which skins should be created. Applicable to three and two dimensional parts.
edges: A sequence of Edge objects specifying the edges on which skins should be created. Applicable to axisymmetric parts.
elementFaces: A sequence of MeshFace objects specifying the mesh faces on which skins should be created. Applicable to three and two dimensional parts.
elementEdges: A sequence of MeshEdge objects specifying the mesh edges on which skins should be created. Applicable to axisymmetric parts.

Return value

A Skin object.

Exceptions

InvalidNameError.

EditSkin(...)

This method modifies underlying entities of the selected skin. At least one of the optional arguments needs to be specified.