Select inner model elements

- August 31, 2022 at 4:40 am
  
  Laure
  Subscriber
  
  Hi,
  I am running a transient thermal model and would like to see the temperature profile of a group of inner model elements. To do that I created a plane and tried to select the group of inner elements of interest, but instead what I am selecting are the hidden elements on the surface of my model. Could you please share a workaround to select inner elements? thanks in advance.
- August 31, 2022 at 2:22 pm
  
  SaiD
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hello! You would probably have to create a Named Selection and use the Scoping Method: Worksheet. In the Worksheet, you can use Entity Type: Element and use certain criteria (X location, Y location) and Operator: Range to select the desired elemnts in the interior. You can then create a Temperture output for this Named Selection.
  If you need help, you can try downloading the files for the "Baking Gingerbread cookies" problem from here: Heat Transfer Simulation Examples | Ansys Innovation Courses
  At about 04:20 in the 'How To Video', you can see the steps used to create a Named Selection using Worksheet.
  Hope this helps!
- September 7, 2022 at 3:48 pm
  
  dimitri.hamelin
  Subscriber
  
  Hllo,
  Maybe you can try to hide some faces or bodies to acces the elements of interest
  But the solution of @SaID looks better.
- September 8, 2022 at 6:29 am
  
  Laure
  Subscriber
  
  Thanks a lot to both of you. I'll go through both approaches and get back to you with my comments.