Adjusting transformation type with scripting

[StavrosP]

Hello,

I cannot control the transformation type of an Elastic Timoshenko beam via Python.
So the following command highlighted in red doesn't return PDelta. Could you please guide me on how to get this?

xobj_el.getAttribute('transfType').String = 'PDelta'

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def beam_element(i_beam, beam_w):
    """
    Define the material per beam element.
    """
    meta_el = doc_pre.metaDataElementProperty(
        'beam_column_elements.ElasticTimoshenkoBeam')
    xobj_el = MpcXObject.createInstanceOf(meta_el)
    xobj_el.getAttribute('transfType').String = 'PDelta'
    xobj_el.getAttribute('-mass').boolean = True
    xobj_el.getAttribute('-cMass').boolean = True
    xobj_el.getAttribute('massDens').quantityScalar.value = beam_w
    # make the element
    prop_el = MpcElementProperty()
    prop_el.id = doc_pre.elementProperties.getlastkey(0) + 1
    prop_el.name = 'Beam_' + str(i_beam)
    prop_el.XObject = xobj_el
    # add it to the document
    doc_pre.addElementProperty(prop_el)
    doc_pre.commitChanges()
    doc_pre.dirty = True
    prop_el.commitXObjectChanges()

Stavros

[STKO Team]

in line:

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xobj_el.getAttribute('transfType').String = 'PDelta'

the .String property does not exits.
it is .string (without the capital S)

[StavrosP]

Thanks! On top of that in the command reported above I had a typo in the transfType. That should be transType. So:

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xobj_el.getAttribute('transType').string = 'PDelta'

[kesavapraba]

Glad that you fixed the issue.