[typing] Fix typing errors for argument assignments in `appendInSte…

…p` (backport #5734) (#5742)

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src/abaqus/Interaction/ContactPropertyAssignment.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 from abqpy.decorators import abaqus_class_doc, abaqus_method_doc
 
+from ..Material.Material import Material
+from ..Region.Region import Region
 from ..UtilityAndView.abaqusConstants import abaqusConstants as C
 
 
@@ -43,7 +45,11 @@ def changeValuesInStep(self, stepName: str, index: int, value: str):
         ...
 
     @abaqus_method_doc
-    def appendInStep(self, stepName: str, assignments: Literal[C.SELF, C.GLOBAL]):
+    def appendInStep(
+        self,
+        stepName: str,
+        assignments: tuple[tuple[Region | Material | Literal[C.GLOBAL], Region | Material | Literal[C.SELF], str], ...],
+    ):
         """This method allows addition of contact property assignments to new domain pairs in a given step.
 
         Parameters

src/abaqus/Interaction/InitializationAssignment.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from abqpy.decorators import abaqus_class_doc, abaqus_method_doc
 
+from ..Region.Region import Region
 from ..UtilityAndView.abaqusConstants import abaqusConstants as C
 
 
@@ -44,7 +45,11 @@ def changeValuesInStep(self, stepName: str, index: int, value: str):
         ...
 
     @abaqus_method_doc
-    def appendInStep(self, stepName: str, assignments: Literal[C.CLEARANCE, C.SELF, C.GLOBAL]):
+    def appendInStep(
+        self,
+        stepName: str,
+        assignments: tuple[tuple[Region | Literal[C.GLOBAL], Region | Literal[C.SELF], str, str], ...],
+    ):
         """This method allows addition of contact initialization assignments to new domain pairs in a given
         step.
 
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ def appendInStep(self, stepName: str, assignments: Literal[C.CLEARANCE, C.SELF,
         assignments
             A sequence of tuples specifying the initializations assigned to each surface pair. Each
             tuple contains four entries (fourth entry is for Abaqus/Explicit and is optional):
+
             - A region object or the SymbolicConstant GLOBAL (for Abaqus/Standard only).
             - A region object or the SymbolicConstant SELF (for Abaqus/Standard only).
             - A String specifying a StdInitialization or ExpInitializationobject associated with this pair of regions.

src/abaqus/Interaction/MasterSlaveAssignment.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from abqpy.decorators import abaqus_class_doc, abaqus_method_doc
 
+from ..Region.Region import Region
 from ..UtilityAndView.abaqusConstants import abaqusConstants as C
 
 
@@ -44,7 +45,11 @@ def changeValuesInStep(self, stepName: str, index: int, value: Literal[C.BALANCE
         ...
 
     @abaqus_method_doc
-    def appendInStep(self, stepName: str, assignments: Literal[C.BALANCED, C.SECONDARY, C.MAIN, C.GLOBAL]):
+    def appendInStep(
+        self,
+        stepName: str,
+        assignments: tuple[tuple[Region | Literal[C.GLOBAL], Literal[C.BALANCED, C.SECONDARY, C.MAIN, C.GLOBAL]], ...],
+    ):
         """This method allows addition of master-slave assignments to new surface pairs in a given step.
 
         Parameters

src/abaqus/Interaction/SlidingTransitionAssignment.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from abqpy.decorators import abaqus_class_doc, abaqus_method_doc
 
+from ..Region.Region import Region
 from ..UtilityAndView.abaqusConstants import abaqusConstants as C
 
 
@@ -52,7 +53,13 @@ def changeValuesInStep(
     def appendInStep(
         self,
         stepName: str,
-        assignments: Literal[C.QUADRATIC_SMOOTHING, C.LINEAR_SMOOTHING, C.ELEMENT_ORDER_SMOOTHING, C.GLOBAL],
+        assignments: tuple[
+            tuple[
+                Region | Literal[C.GLOBAL],
+                Literal[C.QUADRATIC_SMOOTHING, C.LINEAR_SMOOTHING, C.ELEMENT_ORDER_SMOOTHING, C.GLOBAL],
+            ],
+            ...,
+        ],
     ):
         """This method allows you to add sliding transition assignments to new surface pairs in a given step.
 
@@ -63,10 +70,13 @@ def appendInStep(
             to be defined.
         assignments
             A sequence of tuples specifying the sliding transition assignments. Each tuple contains
-            two entries:A region object or the SymbolicConstant GLOBAL specifying the surface to
-            which the sliding transition attribute is assigned.A SymbolicConstant specifying the
-            overriding the smoothness value to be used for the first surface. Possible values of the
-            SymbolicConstant are ELEMENT_ORDER_SMOOTHING, LINEAR_SMOOTHING, and QUADRATIC_SMOOTHING.
+            two entries:
+
+            - A region object or the SymbolicConstant GLOBAL specifying the surface to which the sliding
+              transition attribute is assigned.
+            - A SymbolicConstant specifying the overriding the smoothness value to be used for the first
+              surface. Possible values of the SymbolicConstant are ELEMENT_ORDER_SMOOTHING, LINEAR_SMOOTHING,
+              and QUADRATIC_SMOOTHING.
         """
         ...
 

src/abaqus/Interaction/SmoothingAssignment.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from abqpy.decorators import abaqus_class_doc, abaqus_method_doc
 
+from ..Region.Region import Region
 from ..UtilityAndView.abaqusConstants import abaqusConstants as C
 
 
@@ -47,7 +48,13 @@ def changeValuesInStep(
         ...
 
     @abaqus_method_doc
-    def appendInStep(self, stepName: str, assignments: Literal[C.TOROIDAL, C.SPHERICAL, C.REVOLUTION, C.NONE]):
+    def appendInStep(
+        self,
+        stepName: str,
+        assignments: tuple[
+            tuple[Region | Literal[C.GLOBAL], Literal[C.TOROIDAL, C.SPHERICAL, C.REVOLUTION, C.NONE]], ...
+        ],
+    ):
         """This method allows addition of surface smoothing assignments to new surfaces in a given step.
 
         Parameters

src/abaqus/Interaction/StabilizationAssignment.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from abqpy.decorators import abaqus_class_doc, abaqus_method_doc
 
+from ..Region.Region import Region
 from ..UtilityAndView.abaqusConstants import abaqusConstants as C
 
 
@@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ def changeValuesInStep(self, stepName: str, index: int, value: str):
         ...
 
     @abaqus_method_doc
-    def appendInStep(self, stepName: str, assignments: Literal[C.SELF, C.GLOBAL]):
+    def appendInStep(
+        self, stepName: str, assignments: tuple[tuple[Region | Literal[C.GLOBAL], Region | Literal[C.SELF], str], ...]
+    ):
         """This method allows addition of contact stabilization assignments to new domain pairs in a given step.
 
         Parameters
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ def appendInStep(self, stepName: str, assignments: Literal[C.SELF, C.GLOBAL]):
         assignments
             A sequence of tuples specifying the stabilizations assigned to each surface pair. Each
             tuple contains three entries:
+
             - A region object or the SymbolicConstant GLOBAL.
             - A region object or the SymbolicConstant SELF.
             - A String specifying a StdStabilization object associated with this pair of regions.

src/abaqus/Interaction/SurfaceFeatureAssignment.py

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 from abqpy.decorators import abaqus_class_doc, abaqus_method_doc
 
+from ..Material.Material import Material
+from ..Region.Region import Region
 from ..UtilityAndView.abaqusConstants import abaqusConstants as C
 
 
@@ -65,7 +67,15 @@ def changeValuesInStep(
     def appendInStep(
         self,
         stepName: str,
-        assignments: Union[Literal[C.GLOBAL, C.ALL, C.CURRENT, C.ORIGINAL, C.NONE, C.PICKED, C.PERIMETER], float],
+        assignments: tuple[
+            tuple[
+                Region | Material | Literal[C.GLOBAL],
+                float | Literal[C.ALL, C.NONE, C.PICKED, C.PERIMETER],
+                float | Literal[C.ALL, C.NONE, C.PICKED, C.PERIMETER],
+                Literal[C.CURRENT, C.ORIGINAL],
+            ],
+            ...,
+        ],
     ):
         """This method allows addition of surface feature angle assignments to new surfaces in a given step.
 

src/abaqus/Interaction/SurfaceOffsetAssignment.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import Sequence, Union
+from typing import Union
 
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ def changeValuesInStep(self, stepName: str, index: int, value: Union[Literal[C.S
     def appendInStep(
         self,
         stepName: str,
-        assignments: Sequence[tuple[Union[Region, Material, Literal[C.SPOS, C.ORIGINAL, C.SNEG, C.GLOBAL]], float]],
+        assignments: tuple[
+            tuple[Region | Material | Literal[C.GLOBAL], float | Literal[C.SPOS, C.ORIGINAL, C.SNEG, C.GLOBAL]], ...
+        ],
     ):
         """This method allows addition of surface offset fraction assignments to new surfaces in a given step.
 

src/abaqus/Interaction/SurfaceThicknessAssignment.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 from ..Material.Material import Material
 from ..Region.Region import Region
-from ..UtilityAndView.abaqusConstants import SymbolicConstant
 from ..UtilityAndView.abaqusConstants import abaqusConstants as C
 
 
@@ -59,12 +58,7 @@ def appendInStep(
         self,
         stepName: str,
         assignments: tuple[
-            tuple[
-                Union[Region, Material, Literal[C.THINNING, C.ORIGINAL, C.GLOBAL]],
-                Union[SymbolicConstant, float],
-                float,
-            ],
-            ...,
+            tuple[Region | Material | Literal[C.GLOBAL], float | Literal[C.THINNING, C.ORIGINAL], float], ...
         ],
     ):
         """This method allows addition of surface thickness assignments to new surfaces in a given step.