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[fan134]

Hello everyone,

Can anybody help me to find the surface ID of the green colored surface?

Note: I tried to get surface ID from the worksheet but unfrotunately even after solving I couldn't access the worksheet!

[Akshay Maniyar]

Hi Faysal,

You can try using 'selection information' under the Home tab.

Thanks,

Akshay Maniyar

[Erik Kostson]

Hi 

Just in case you are scripting inside mechanical and need the face id, in that case it can be retrieved with the following method:

face_selid = ExtAPI.SelectionManager.CurrentSelection

https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/1624/get-body-in-tree-from-selected-face

All the best

Erik

[fan134]

Dear Erik,

Thank you so much for your reply. I tried using "selection information" even before posting here but it didn't give me the ID of that face. And I tried your script too. Unfortunately, it didn't give me the ID as well. I've attached the pictures. Please take a look.

Can you suggest me any other way? Thanks in advance.

 

Regards,

Faysal

 

[Erik Kostson]

Hi

We need to activate beta options in workbench to see the surface id in the selection info.

See how to do that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nne64wg-w5g

For the script:

To see/print it (face id) in the script/shell window where it says "Script Executed", just add this:

face_selid = ExtAPI.SelectionManager.CurrentSelection

print(face_selid)

[Erik Kostson]

 

 

[Erik Kostson]

closing this as this post might be useful for others having similar issue.