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Change Point Mass of Blade 1 in SIL Interface
Good Evening,
I would like to be able to change with my python script the point mass in Blade_1.
I know how to do it in the GUI.
1. Create a seperate struct file especially for Blade_1
2. Change the point mass in that file.
3. Load the struct files
4. Create the turbine definition.
5. Create a turbine simulation.
6. Execute the simulaton.
I’m wondering how I could execute step 3-5 in the SIL-Interface. Any help would be much appreciated.
Hi Roman,
there are two ways how you can automate changing a point mass on the blade when running QBlade through its SIL iterface.
1. You can export the simulation from the GUI to an ASCII *.sim file, which you can later import into the SIL. When the simulation is exported into this format, you can manipulate any of its included files through your script, such as the structural blade table to change the blade mass. Then simply import the *.sim file into the SIL interface (loadSimDefinition()) and start the simulation .
2. The SIL interface contains the function setExternalAction(), which also allows to add a mass to any pont of the turbine structure before the simulation is started. You can checkout the detail of this function in the Interface Function Documentation.
BR,
David
