Merge branch 'main' into release/0.3

Author: wenhuiuy

README.rst

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Here is a basic preprocessing example:
 
 Get the input file from "pydyna\\src\\ansys\\dyna\\core\\pre\\examples\\explicit\\ball_plate\\ball_plate.k"
 
-The follow example can be obtained from "pydyna\examples\Explicit\ball_plate.py"
+The follow example can be obtained from "pydyna\\examples\\Explicit\\ball_plate.py"
 
 .. code:: python
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
 tests = [
     "pyvista==0.40.1",
     "matplotlib==3.7.2",
-    "numpy==1.25.1",
+    "numpy==1.25.2",
     "pytest==7.4.0",
     "pytest-cov==4.1.0",
     "joblib==1.3.1",
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ doc = [
     "imageio-ffmpeg==0.4.8",
     "pyvista==0.40.1",
     "numpydoc==1.5.0",
-    "Sphinx==7.1.0",
+    "Sphinx==7.1.1",
     "sphinx-autobuild==2021.3.14",
     "sphinxcontrib-websupport==1.2.4",
     "pytest-sphinx==0.5.0",
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ doc = [
     "ansys-sphinx-theme==0.10.0",
     "pypandoc==1.11",
     "nbsphinx==0.9.2",
-    "ipywidgets==8.0.7",
+    "ipywidgets==8.1.0",
     "joblib==1.3.1",
     "scikit-learn==1.3.0",
     "ipython==8.14.0",

src/ansys/dyna/core/pre/dynabase.py

@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ def __init__(self, sfo=1, x=[], y=[], func=None):
         self.ordinate = y
         self.func = func
 
-    def create(self, stub):
+    def create(self, stub=None):
         """Create a curve."""
+        if stub is None:
+            stub = DynaBase.get_stub()
         if self.func != None:
             ret = stub.CreateDefineCurveFunction(DefineCurveFunctionRequest(function=self.func))
         else: