Assiging material to a soil volume

Question

Hello, 
 
 I am using python scripting to atomize the calculation for a seepage analyses. I imported the soil volume in the structure part using the following python lines: 
 
 Volume_1=g_i.import_("structurevolume", r"\Sestofs010\projekt\25465\13_BERA\PLAXIS-3D\Reyhaneh_test_standpipes\Drawing4_milimtere.dxf") 
 Soil_1=g_i.soil(Volume_1, "Material", Material3) g_i.setmaterial(Soil_1,Material3) 
 
 It imports the soil volume but it does not assign the material to the volume. Do you know how I can solve it? 
 
 Cheers, 
 Rey

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Rey, 
 When importing a single volume, the command line reports the following: Added Volume_1 Added Soil_1 
 This means that when importing a volume object, PLAXIS creates two objects, the volume itself and the soil that belongs to it. 
 In your code, the g_i.import command is assigned to a single variable that will point to volume and not the soil. Therefore, assigning a material to the volume will not work as the material is a property of a soil object. 
 Try the following: 
 volume_1, soil_1 = g_i.import_("structurevolume", r"\Sestofs010\projekt\25465\13_BERA\PLAXIS-3D\Reyhaneh_test_standpipes\Drawing4_milimtere.dxf") g_i.setmaterial(soil_1, Material3)