Source code for abaqus.Material.MaterialModel

from ..Material.Material import Material
from ..Model.ModelBase import ModelBase


class MaterialModel(ModelBase):
    """Abaqus creates a Model object named `Model-1` when a session is started.

    Notes
    -----
    This object can be accessed by:

    .. code-block:: python

        mdb.models[name]

    """

    def Material(self, name: str, description: str = '', materialIdentifier: str = ''):
        """This method creates a Material object.

        Notes
        -----
            This function can be accessed by:
            
            .. code-block:: python
            
                mdb.models[name].Material
        
        Parameters
        ----------
        name
            A String specifying the name of the new material.
        description
            A String specifying user description of the material. The default value is an empty
            string.
        materialIdentifier
            A String specifying material identifier for customer use. The default value is an empty
            string.

        Returns
        -------
            A Material object.
        """
        self.materials[name] = material = Material(name, description, materialIdentifier)
        return material