Get the ID rather than the phase number when scripting

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Hello! 
 
 This might be a real simple question but I cannot seem to find any solution online 
 When writing scripts and per the examples available on the website - the results often are presented as for example : Phase 3, max moment 45 knm/m. As the phases often tend to get non-consecutive numbering it's hard to keep track when having a lot of phases in the calculation. Is there a way to have the results from the script print the ID of the phase (i.e. the name that I have given the phase) instead of the phase number? 
 Grateful for any assistance

Rushan Gizzatullin · Answer

Dear Robin Rohwer Bokvist, 
 You can try to use: 
 g.Phases[1].Identification.value 
 More information you can find in the Command reference and in Scripting reference: 
 
 For example (Command reference &rarr; Input &rarr; Input objects reference &rarr; Phase): 
 
 In command line we can use: 
 _set Phase_1.Identification "Some phase title"

Stefanos Papavasileiou · Answer

Dear Grissel, 
 Following my answer to the service request earlier this week I include my response here for the Forum. 
 Unfortunately, we do not have such a specific Python script, however, I believe that with the information below you can succeed. 
 First of all, please check the Wiki article about the Python scripting in understanding how to work with our boilerplate: communities.bentley.com/.../using-plaxis-remote-scripting-with-the-python-wrapper 
 I would also strongly advise you to check our Scripting reference as we give examples for every command used in PLAXIS: communities.bentley.com/.../scripting-reference-and-how-to-use-it 
 The following article is very useful in understanding the command syntax in PLAXIS and what is needed by Python: communities.bentley.com/.../identify-python-commands-from-plaxis-command-line 
 Then, we have quite a few examples on our Wiki pages of various cases that you can use: communities.bentley.com/.../api-python-scripting---plaxis 
 To give you a quick answer, adding a load in Structure mode can be done with the following command: 
 PLAXIS: lineload (0 0) (2 0) Python: g_i.lineload(0, 0, 2, 0) 
 PLAXIS: set Line_1.LineLoad.qy_start -100 Python: g_i.Line_1.LineLoad.qy_start = -100 or g_i.LineLoad_1.qy_start = -100 or g_i.LineLoad_1.qy_start.set(-100) 
 In Staged construction you can activate and change the value like this: 
 PLAXIS: activate (LineLoad_1_1) Phase_1 Python: g_i.activate(g_i.LineLoad_1_1, g_i.Phase_1) 
 PLAXIS: set LineLoad_1_1.qy_start Phase_1 -150 Python: g_i.LineLoad_1_1.qy_start[g_i.Phase_1] = -150 or g_i.LineLoad_1_1.qy_start.set(g_i.Phase_1, -150)

Get the ID rather than the phase number when scripting

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