MCDProcess

class MCDProcess

Launches and keeps track of a ModelCenter Desktop process.

Overview

Methods

start	Start the ModelCenter Desktop process.
get_process_id	Get the process ID of the ModelCenter Desktop process.

Import detail

from ansys.modelcenter.workflow.grpc_modelcenter.mcd_process import MCDProcess

Method detail

MCDProcess.start(run_only: bool = False, heartbeat_interval: numpy.uint = 30000, allowed_heartbeat_misses: numpy.uint = 3) → int

Start the ModelCenter Desktop process.

Parameters:

run_onlybool, optional

Whether to start ModelCenter in run-only mode. The default is False.

heartbeat_intervalnumpy.uint, optional

Interval between heartbeat messages. The default is 30000.

allowed_heartbeat_missesnumpy.uint, optional

Number of allowed missed heartbeats before the server terminates. The default is 3.

Returns:

int

Port number that the gRPC server was started on.

MCDProcess.get_process_id() → int

Get the process ID of the ModelCenter Desktop process.