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Getting Mesh Faces With Specified Normal Via SpaceClaim Scripting (V241)

    • jacob.lurvey
      Subscriber

      Hi All,

      I'm struggling with performing what I think should be a relatively simple task. I have an .STL geometry that I import into SpaceClaim as facets, and I want to keep it that way for eventual import into Fluent Mesher as an .scdoc. It is imported already clipped at both ends, so I know the location of the inlet and outlet. I've attached a picture of the geometry.

      What I want to do is to get all the faces on the inlet and outlet (shown highlighted in orange here) and put them in a named selection. Ideally, I would select all faces with the correct normal vector, but any method that will allow me to automate named selections for the inlet and outlet will work.

       The reason I need to automate this is because I want to process a whole load of similar geometries, all of which have known normals for the inlet and outlet facets. However, since I have to call GetRootPart.Meshes[0] instead of GetRootPart.Bodies[0], lots of the methods in the documentation don't seem to work. Is there any way to do this in SpaceClaim scripting?

       

      Thanks for any help you can provide

    • Atharv Joshi
      Forum Moderator
      Hi Jacob, 
       
      Thanks for sharing the details about your problem. 
      Let me check this and get back to you. 
       
      Regards
      Atharv
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