HOW TO ASSIGN ELEMENTS TO NAMED sELECTION IN APDL?

- May 26, 2020 at 10:59 am
  
  Katala
  Subscriber
  
  Hello all,
  
  im trying to assign two element groups in one named selection. You can see the code below. The elements from Material 4 and 5 i put in named selection but after that if i try to put addiotionally the elements from Material 6, it only compute with elements from Material 6. How can i assign both element groups. Can anyone please help me.
- May 26, 2020 at 4:00 pm
  Wenlong
  Ansys Employee
  Hi Katala,
  
  Can you try this:
```
esel, s, mat, , 4, 5    ! select elements with mat 4 & 5

cm, mat_4_5, elem   ! Create a name selection with name mat_4_5

esel, a, mat, , 6,6    ! Add element with mat 6

cm, mat_4_5_6, elem   ! Create a name selection with name mat_4_5_6
```
  Regards,
  
  Wenlong