Added post processing variables to Variable Manager (#981)

* Added post processing variables

* Added post processing variables

* Added post processing variables

Co-authored-by: maxcapodi78 <Shark78>

Author: maxcapodi78

_unittest/test_09_VariableManager.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from pyaedt.application.Variables import decompose_variable_value
 from pyaedt.application.Variables import Variable
 from pyaedt.generic.general_methods import isclose
+from pyaedt.modeler.GeometryOperators import GeometryOperators
 
 # Import required modules
 
@@ -335,3 +336,11 @@ def test_12_decompose_variable_value(self):
         assert decompose_variable_value("3.123456Nm-2") == (3.123456, "Nm-2")
         assert decompose_variable_value("3.123456kg2m2") == (3.123456, "kg2m2")
         assert decompose_variable_value("3.123456kgm2") == (3.123456, "kgm2")
+
+    def test_13_postprocessing(self):
+        v1 = self.aedtapp.variable_manager.set_variable("test_post1", 10, postprocessing=True)
+        assert v1
+        assert not self.aedtapp.variable_manager.set_variable("test2", "v1+1")
+        assert self.aedtapp.variable_manager.set_variable("test2", "test_post1+1", postprocessing=True)
+        x1 = GeometryOperators.parse_dim_arg(self.aedtapp["test2"], variable_manager=self.aedtapp.variable_manager)
+        assert x1 == 11

pyaedt/application/Variables.py

@@ -693,7 +693,14 @@ def aedt_object(self, variable):
 
     @pyaedt_function_handler()
     def set_variable(
-        self, variable_name, expression=None, readonly=False, hidden=False, description=None, overwrite=True
+        self,
+        variable_name,
+        expression=None,
+        readonly=False,
+        hidden=False,
+        description=None,
+        overwrite=True,
+        postprocessing=False,
     ):
         """Set the value of a design property or project variable.
 
@@ -763,9 +770,9 @@ def set_variable(
         test = desktop_object.GetName()
         proj_name = self._oproject.GetName()
         var_type = "Project" if "$" in variable_name[0] else "Local"
-
         prop_type = "VariableProp"
-
+        if postprocessing or "post" in variable_name.lower()[0:5]:
+            prop_type = "PostProcessingVariableProp"
         if isinstance(expression, str):
             # Handle string type variable (including arbitrary expression)# Handle input type variable
             variable = expression
@@ -789,16 +796,13 @@ def set_variable(
             except:
                 pass
         else:
-            raise Exception("Unhandled input type to the design property or project variable.")
-
-        if "post" in variable_name.lower()[0:5]:
-            prop_type = "PostProcessingVariableProp"
+            raise Exception("Unhandled input type to the design property or project variable.")  # pragma: no cover
 
         # Get all design and project variables in lower case for a case-sensitive comparison
         if self._app._is_object_oriented_enabled():
             var_list = list(desktop_object.GetChildObject("Variables").GetChildNames())
         else:
-            var_list = list(desktop_object.GetVariables())
+            var_list = list(desktop_object.GetVariables())  # pragma: no cover
         lower_case_vars = [var_name.lower() for var_name in var_list]
 
         if variable_name.lower() not in lower_case_vars:
@@ -880,7 +884,13 @@ def set_variable(
                     ],
                 ]
             )
-
+        if self._app._is_object_oriented_enabled():
+            var_list = list(desktop_object.GetChildObject("Variables").GetChildNames())
+        else:
+            var_list = list(desktop_object.GetVariables())  # pragma: no cover
+        lower_case_vars = [var_name.lower() for var_name in var_list]
+        if variable_name not in lower_case_vars:
+            return False
         return True
 
     @pyaedt_function_handler()
@@ -950,7 +960,7 @@ def delete_variable(self, var_name):
         if self._app._is_object_oriented_enabled():
             var_list = list(desktop_object.GetChildObject("Variables").GetChildNames())
         else:
-            var_list = list(desktop_object.GetVariables())
+            var_list = list(desktop_object.GetVariables())  # pragma: no cover
         lower_case_vars = [var_name.lower() for var_name in var_list]
 
         if var_name.lower() in lower_case_vars:

pyaedt/modeler/GeometryOperators.py

@@ -99,8 +99,14 @@ def parse_dim_arg(string, scale_to_unit=None, variable_manager=None):
             else:
                 scaling_factor = scale_units(m.group("unit"))
                 return float(m.group("number")) * scaling_factor / sunit
-        else:  # pragma: no cover
-            raise TypeError("String is no number")
+        else:
+            if variable_manager:
+                if not variable_manager.set_variable("temp_var", string):
+                    if not variable_manager.set_variable("temp_var", string, postprocessing=True):
+                        return string
+                value = variable_manager["temp_var"].value
+                del variable_manager["temp_var"]
+                return value
 
     @staticmethod
     @pyaedt_function_handler()