pyyeti.nastran.bulk.rdsymbols

pyyeti.nastran.bulk.rdsymbols(f, *, encoding='utf_8')[source]

Read Nastran logical symbols from a file.

Parameters:

  • f (string or file_like or None) – Either a name of a file, or is a file_like object as returned by open(). If file_like object, it is rewound first. Can also be the name of a directory or None; in these cases, a GUI is opened for file selection.

  • encoding (string; optional) – Encoding to use when opening text file.

Returns:

symbols (dict) – A dictionary mapping logical symbol names to paths.

Notes

These symbols are typically defined in a ‘nastran.rcf’ configuration file.

They have the format: SYMBOL=<NAME>=’<PATH>’.

Examples

>>> from pyyeti import nastran
>>> from io import StringIO
>>> f = StringIO("SYMBOL=MODEL_DIR='/home/model_dir'")
>>> nastran.rdsymbols(f)
{'model_dir': '/home/model_dir'}