# Deconstruct OpenDSS

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Deconstruct an OpenDSS Wire, PowerLine, or Transformer Properties into its constituient attributes and values.

### Inputs

* **dss\_obj \[Required]**

An OpenDSS Wire, PowerLine, or Transformer Properties to be deconstructed. This can also be text for a Wire, PowerLine, or Transformer to be looked up in the library.

### Outputs

* **values**

List of values for the attributes that define the OpenDSS object.

* **attr\_names**

List of text that is the same length as the values, which notes the attribute name for each value.