add explicit interface support

src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/app.py

@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ def __init__(self, db_file=None, private_appdata=False, **kwargs):
             profile.update_environment(os.environ)
             atexit.register(_cleanup_private_appdata, profile)
 
-        self._app = _start_application(configuration, self._version, db_file)
         runtime.initialize(self._version)
+        self._app = _start_application(configuration, self._version, db_file)
         connect_warnings(self)
         self._poster = None
 

src/ansys/mechanical/core/embedding/runtime.py

@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ def __register_function_codec():
     Ansys.Mechanical.CPython.Codecs.FunctionCodec.Register()
 
 
+def _bind_assembly_for_explicit_interface(assembly_name: str):
+    """Bind the assembly for explicit interface implementation."""
+    import clr
+
+    assembly = clr.AddReference(assembly_name)
+    from Python.Runtime import BindingManager, BindingOptions
+
+    binding_options = BindingOptions()
+    binding_options.AllowExplicitInterfaceImplementation = True
+    BindingManager.SetBindingOptions(assembly, binding_options)
+
+
 def initialize(version: int) -> None:
     """Initialize the runtime.
 
@@ -59,3 +71,5 @@ def initialize(version: int) -> None:
         # function codec is distributed with pymechanical on linux only
         # at version 242 or later
         __register_function_codec()
+
+    _bind_assembly_for_explicit_interface("Ansys.ACT.WB1")