Due to the need of visualizing the model, is it possible to add an OpenSeesPy function to return the type of the element? For example, like this.
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ele_type = ops.eleType(eleTag)
print(ele_type)
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Whether it is possible to add a function that returns the type of the element.
Dear Prof. Scott and Dr. Zhu.
Due to the need of visualizing the model, is it possible to add an OpenSeesPy function to return the type of the element? For example, like this.
Thanks for your great work for OpenSees.
Due to the need of visualizing the model, is it possible to add an OpenSeesPy function to return the type of the element? For example, like this.
Re: Whether it is possible to add a function that returns the type of the element.
A similar command exists: getEleClassTags(). The command doesn't seem to be documented in either the OpenSeesPy or the OpenSees docs, but opsvis and vfo both use it. As far as I can tell, the usage is (type hints written in PEP 484 format):
I'm not sure why the function returns the (singular) element class tag in a list, considering that it only accepts one input element tag, but that's how it is. Also, the output needs to be decoded based on the lookup in classTags.h in the OpenSees/OpenSeesPy source code. Again, opsvis and vfo already have some of the common types incorporated in their source code, so you can refer to those to start with.
I agree that having a function that returns the type as a string directly would be easier for most people to use though.
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getEleClassTags(element_tag: int) -> List[int]I agree that having a function that returns the type as a string directly would be easier for most people to use though.