[DrDevice]

Hey guys,

I'm trying to link up ANSYS to an external python code for generating some geometry for optimisation. I've got it working as I want except that ANSYS doesn't write out the parameters when you change one of them and update. This means my code can't read in any parameters to build off. I've read through the documentation that exists, and everything seems to be in order, but that said, the documentation is clear as mud for a first time user of external connections.

Have any of you guys had any experience with external connections and know what I'm doing wrong? A truncated version of my config file is below.

<Configuration CellName="Foilgen" SystemName="Aerofoil Update" Version="" ShowEditConfiguration="True">
   <Instructions WorkingDirectory = "[insert directory here]">
         <Instruction Type="Init">
             <ParameterParsingRules>
		  <Parameter Name="Wing 1 - Angle" Type="Input">
		      <Rule Type="File">currentProfile.inp</Rule>
		      <Rule Type="StartLine">1</Rule>
	              <Rule Type="PreString">Wing1_Angle=</Rule>
		      <Rule Type="DataType">Double</Rule>
                  </Parameter>
              </ParameterParsingRules>
	  </Instruction>
	  <Instruction Type="Update">
	     <Name>UpdateAerofoil</Name>
		 <Script>AerofoilGenExec.py</Script>
	  </Instruction>		  
   </Instructions>
</Configuration>

EDIT: I solved it. Apparently ANSYS won't populate the output file with the parameters automatically. You need to make sure the output file already has the pre strings im it.