Hi all,
I would like to add some custom fieldOutputs to an odb and I wish to save the results using a different name for the odb, in order not to mess up the original odb. For how much I tried I cannot find a solution, it seems that I can only save an odb with using its original name/path . Does anybody know how to do that?
Thanks
You may try this
You might not need to save the entire ODB separately, rather could do away with saving only the information you need to save. The following example does it for some custom XY data.
odb = session.Odb(name='NEW_ODB_NAME.odb', onlyHasUserDefinedData=ON)
xy = session.xyDataObjects['XYData-1']
odb.userData.XYData('XYData-1', xy)
odb.save()
Regards
In reply to You may try this by nskatim
Alright, but if you need to
Alright, but if you need to add additional fields to an existing solutions (e.g. incremental displacements), then you would also need to copy all other info: nodes, elements, existing fields, etc.
If it is a matter of just
If it is a matter of just copying a file, then you may use
import shutil
shutil.copy("ORIGINAL_FILE_NAME", "NEW_FILE_NAME")
In reply to If it is a matter of just by nskatim
Yes, that's exactly what I
Yes, that's exactly what I did. What annoys me is having to write the (possibly huge) odb twice, one for coying, one for saving. Thank you very much for your reply.
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I do not understand. You said
I do not understand. You said two seemingly contradictory things.
1. "wish to save the results using a different name for the odb, in order not to mess up the original odb"
2. "annoys me is having to write the (possibly huge) odb twice"
If you don't wish to mess up the original odb, then writing/copying a new one is the logical resort.
Am I missing something?
In reply to I do not understand. You said by nskatim
Sorry if I wasn't clear
Sorry if I wasn't clear
Your proposal is what I did:
open original odb --> copy to new odb --> add fields --> save new odb two write operations
I wonder if there is an easy way to do:
open original odb --> add fields --> save to new odb sparing the first copy
In simpler terms, if you want to modify, say, a text file and save it with a different name, usually you do not need to copy the original file with a new name first! Can you do it with an odb?