Repeat actions in python code

[CC21]

Hello!

Let me preface by saying that I am only a beginner when it comes to Abaqus and, until a few days ago anyway, I had no experience with Python coding at all, so the solution to what I'm asking may be very simple but I'm just not seeing it.

What I want to do is that I want to create a number of identical parts (of stirrups, to be specific). I had, maybe naively, thought that maybe this could be done by a for loop, repeating the action for the appropriate number of iterations. I made a code that looked something like this:

for i in range (1,27):
    s1 = mdb.models['Model-1'].ConstrainedSketch(name='__profile__', sheetSize=0.5)
    g, v, d, c = s1.geometry, s1.vertices, s1.dimensions, s1.constraints
    s1.setPrimaryObject(option=STANDALONE)
    s1.Line(point1=(0.0, 0.14), point2=(0.0, -0.14))
    s1.VerticalConstraint(entity=g[2], addUndoState=False)
    p = mdb.models['Model-1'].Part(name='Stirrup#i', dimensionality=TWO_D_PLANAR, 
        type=DEFORMABLE_BODY)
    p = mdb.models['Model-1'].parts['Stirrup#i']
    p.BaseWire(sketch=s1)
    s1.unsetPrimaryObject()
    p = mdb.models['Model-1'].parts['Stirrup#i']
    del mdb.models['Model-1'].sketches['__profile__']

But it only seems to create a Stirrup#i. Is there a way to repeat the creation of the parts using a for loop or is some other function more appropriate?

 

[Mustaine3]

You've made a mistake with the variable part name. The hash sign is not a indicator for a variable in python. It is a comment sign, so you should not use it in the actual code.

You have to do it like that

'Stirrup-'+str(i)

The plus-sign merges strings and the str(i) converts the integer i into a string i.

I would recommend that you assign this to a variable at the beginning of the loop and then use the variable everywhere you want to have the name.

 

[CC21]

@Mustaine3

Thank you, it seems to work as intended now!