metal

The metal object gives access to the geometry and the loads of the whole piping.

1. Properties

Name	Return	Description
Plant	string	Plant
Engineer	string	Engineer
Title	string	Title
Units	Units	System units
ZVertical	bool	True if Z vertical, otherwise Y vertical
CalculationCode	PipingCode	Piping code
DefaultRoomTemperature	float	Default room temperature
DefaultOperatingDensity	float	Default operating density
DefaultTestDensity	float	Default test density
DefaultDesignCondition	OperatingCondition	Default design condition
ColdModulus	bool	True if cold modulus is used for all cases
HotAllowable	bool	True if allowable stress at operating temperature is used, otherwise design temperature is used
PressureStiffening	bool	True if pressure correction for bends
PressureElongation	bool	True if pressure elongation is considered for thermal expansion and test cases
SimplePressureStress	bool	True if simplified formula is used for pressure stress
ModalAnalysis	bool	True if modal extraction is performed
ModalRefCase	StaticCase	Young modulus is evaluated at the temperature of the reference case (Hot modulus option only)
CutOffFrequency	float	Cut-off frequency for modal extraction
MassGenerationFrequency	float	Frequency for automatic mass point generation
NbMaxModes	int	Maximum number of extracted mode shapes

The class metal also provides lists of the objects contained in the piping model:

Name	Description
Nodes	List of Node
Elements	List of Element
LumpedMasses	List of LumpedMass
Restraints	List of Restraint
Materials	List of Material
Sections	List of Section
DLCSs	List of DLCS (Defined Local Coordinate System)
Tees	Dictionary<Node, Tee>
UserSIFs	List of UserSIF (User-defined SIF)
RestrainedNodes	List of restrained nodes
Layers	List of Layer
Specifications	List of the specification names (string)

Other properties can be explained on demand…