Copy phase sequence

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Dear Support Team , 
 For example, I have five phases of embankment staged construction with Plastic calculations: 
 
 After successful calculation I would like to calculate the same p hase sequence (the same five stages), but with Consolidation type of calculation (or another activated structures). An alternative solution, like this: 
 
 Maybe, it is not very difficult for five phases, but it can be an issue to set the same 15&ndash;20 phases manually. 
 Could you please inform me whether it is possible to copy phase sequence? It is interesting to copy activated geometry and phase settings. Maybe we have possibilities of regenerate, set, groupfiltered and apply options for optimisation. 
 Great thanks in advance.

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Accepted Answer

Dear Rushan, 
 This case can be easily handled using Python scripting. An example of code can be found below (hopefully it will be uploaded with correct indentation): 
 # for every phase in the project for parent in g_i.Phases[:]: # if it's a plastic phase if parent.DeformCalcType == parent.DeformCalcType.plastic: # create new child phase newphase = g_i.phase(parent) # set it to safety newphase.DeformCalcType = newphase.DeformCalcType.consolidation

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

And to give you an example with Python scripting, the code I shared can be made as a script to run easily from Expert menu. 
 Before the main Python code, you can add the following boilerplate and the script will run for any user: 
 from plxscripting.easy import * s_i, g_i = new_server() 
 # add rest of code here 
 This file can be saved as a Python script, e.g. add_consolidation_phases.py and placed in (default location): C:\Program Files\Bentley\Geotechnical\PLAXIS 2D CONNECT Edition V20\pytools\input 
 Then, in Input go to Expert > Run Python tool > add_consolidation_phases

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Yusha Shi, 
 Then, I would use a different approach as your question is indeed different from the topic here. 
 In your case, you need to know how many phases you want to create. Then you can use the simple range function and for creating a phase starting from the lastly created phase you can use the g_i.phase(g_i.Phases[-1]) command. 
 For instance, you can create ten phases using the following code: 
 for n in range(10): g_i.phase(g_i.Phases[-1])

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Yusha, 
 Yes, you can. Be careful with using the proper object names as Python does not accept typos: g_i.Phases , is the correct object name of the phases group. 
 The code that I added has some if-statements to check for a calculation type, but if you remove those, you end up with the code you suggest, too. 
 Note that the best is to try your code directly in a simple project. If you have problems with that, please submit a service request. 
 Then, one of our support engineers can help you in detail: https://apps.bentley.com/srmanager/ProductSupport

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Yusha, 
 When you create a phase starting from another phase any geometry settings are copied from the parent phase. Any phase configurations are set depending on the case, i.e. default is Plastic phase with the available options this type offers. 
 However, with Python you can easily, query the settings of the parent phase and set them accordingly to any child phase. 
 If you still have issues with this process, please submit a service request. 
 Then, one of our support engineers can help you in detail: https://apps.bentley.com/srmanager/ProductSupport

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Bahia, 
 For this, you need to perform an iteration as the one described below. As you can see here this is done with the range function, but you can extend this process in a function you create by making the number of iterations as a variable. 
 The example below will run 10 times and will create 5 sequences of two phases, ensuring the correct parent phase is set. Note that the two reference phases should be correctly configured, before running the code below. 
 If you need more assistance with this please submit a service request: https://apps.bentley.com/srmanager/ProductSupport 
 
 for i in range (10):
 g_i . phase ( g_i . Phases [ - 2])
 g_i . Model . CurrentPhase = g_i . Phases [ - 1]
 g_i . Phases [ - 1] . PreviousPhase = g_i . Phases [ - 2]

Hung Ho Manh · Answer

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