Fixed bug in SweepMaterial creation

_unittest/test_03_Materials.py

@@ -232,8 +232,31 @@ def test_09_non_linear_materials(self, add_app):
         assert app.materials.material_keys["mymat2"].is_used
 
     def test_10_add_material_sweep(self):
-        assert self.aedtapp.materials.add_material_sweep(["copper", "aluminum"], "sweep_copper")
-        assert "sweep_copper" in list(self.aedtapp.materials.material_keys.keys())
+        material_name = "sweep_material"
+        assert self.aedtapp.materials.add_material_sweep(["copper", "aluminum", "FR4_epoxy"], material_name)
+        assert material_name in list(self.aedtapp.materials.material_keys.keys())
+        properties_to_check = [
+            "permittivity",
+            "permeability",
+            "conductivity",
+            "dielectric_loss_tangent",
+            "thermal_conductivity",
+            "mass_density",
+            "specific_heat",
+            "thermal_expansion_coefficient",
+            "youngs_modulus",
+            "poissons_ratio",
+        ]
+        # check if the variables are correctly created
+        assert "$ID" + material_name in self.aedtapp.variable_manager.variable_names
+        for prop in properties_to_check:
+            var_name = "$" + material_name + "_" + prop
+            assert var_name in self.aedtapp.variable_manager.variable_names
+        # check if the material properties are correct
+        for prop in properties_to_check:
+            var_name = "$" + material_name + "_" + prop
+            mat_prop = getattr(self.aedtapp.materials[material_name], prop).value
+            assert mat_prop == var_name + "[$ID" + material_name + "]"
 
     def test_11_material_case(self):
         assert self.aedtapp.materials["Aluminum"] == self.aedtapp.materials["aluminum"]

pyaedt/modules/MaterialLib.py

@@ -404,22 +404,15 @@
         return matprop
 
     @pyaedt_function_handler()
-    def add_material_sweep(self, swargs, matname):
+    def add_material_sweep(self, materials_list, material_name):
         """Create a sweep material made of an array of materials.
 
-        If a material needs to have a dataset (thermal modifier), then a
-        dataset is created. Material properties are loaded from the XML file
-        database ``amat.xml``.
-
         Parameters
         ----------
-        swargs : list
+        materials_list : list
             List of materials to merge into a single sweep material.
-        matname : str
+        material_name : str
             Name of the sweep material.
-        enableTM : bool, optional
-            Unavailable currently. Whether to enable the thermal modifier.
-            The default is ``True``.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -441,25 +434,26 @@
         >>> hfss.materials.add_material_sweep(["MyMaterial", "MyMaterial2"], "Sweep_copper")
         """
         matsweep = []
-        for args in swargs:
-            matobj = self.checkifmaterialexists(args)
+        for mat in materials_list:
+            matobj = self.checkifmaterialexists(mat)
             if matobj:
                 matsweep.append(matobj)
 
         mat_dict = self._create_mat_project_vars(matsweep)
 
-        newmat = Material(self, matname)
-        index = "$ID" + matname
+        newmat = Material(self, material_name, material_update=False)
+        index = "$ID" + material_name
         newmat.is_sweep_material = True
         self._app[index] = 0
         for el in mat_dict:
             if el in list(mat_dict.keys()):
-                self._app["$" + matname + el] = mat_dict[el]
-                newmat.__dict__["_" + el].value = "$" + matname + el + "[" + index + "]"
-                newmat._update_props(el, "$" + matname + el + "[" + index + "]", False)
+                array_var_name = "$" + material_name + "_" + el
+                self._app[array_var_name] = mat_dict[el]
+                newmat.__dict__["_" + el].value = array_var_name + "[" + index + "]"
+                newmat._update_props(el, array_var_name + "[" + index + "]", False)
 
         newmat.update()
-        self.material_keys[matname.lower()] = newmat
+        self.material_keys[material_name.lower()] = newmat
         return index
 
     @pyaedt_function_handler()