Core Skills in Scripting – Lesson 2

In the previous lesson we discussed the easiest way to get started with scripting in Ansys Discovery. To understand the commands that get recorded using the “Record” feature, or to modify those commands for developing scripts, it is important to know and understand the scripting language and its functionalities.

Scripting in Ansys Discovery is based on Python language. Python is high-level object-oriented language. It is a very popular and widely used programming language.

This lesson focuses on some basic functionalities of Python language that will help you in developing scripts in Ansys Discovery.

The following topics are covered in this lesson:

  • Scripting language - Python
  • Python basics
  • Ansys Discovery scripting documentation

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Ansys Discovery Student can be downloaded for free here.