{"id":379333,"date":"2024-08-19T09:11:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T09:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/379333\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T09:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T09:11:25","slug":"379333","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/379333\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: How to select special areas in APDL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ASEL: &lt;strong class=&#8221;refpurpose&#8221;&gt;Selects a subset of areas. Using this u can select the area by their numbers.<\/strong>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;padding-left: 40px;&#8221;&gt;ASEL,S,AREA,,2,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;span style=&#8221;color: rgb(45, 194, 107);&#8221;&gt;#Select a new set with area no. 2&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;padding-left: 40px;&#8221;&gt;ASEL,A,AREA,,4,9,5&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;span style=&#8221;color: rgb(45, 194, 107);&#8221;&gt;#Additionally select a set, with areas for 4 to 9 at an increment of 5 (i.e., area no. 4 and 9) to the current set&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;padding-left: 40px;&#8221;&gt;ASEL,A,AREA,11,13,&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;span style=&#8221;color: rgb(45, 194, 107);&#8221;&gt;#Additionally select a set, with areas for 11 to 12 at an increment of 1 (i.e., area no.11,12,13) to the current set&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;padding-left: 40px;&#8221;&gt;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;span style=&#8221;color: rgb(45, 194, 107);&#8221;&gt;# You can select the remaining areas.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p style=&#8221;padding-left: 40px;&#8221;&gt;APLOT,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;span style=&#8221;color: rgb(45, 194, 107);&#8221;&gt;# Plots the current area selection set in the graphic window.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using the CM command you can give a component name (named selection) to the current selection.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Refer: <a href=\"https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/public\/account\/secured?returnurl=\/Views\/Secured\/corp\/v242\/en\/ans_cmd\/Hlp_C_ASEL.html?q=asel\">ASEL (ansys.com)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/public\/account\/secured?returnurl=\/Views\/Secured\/corp\/v242\/en\/ans_cmd\/Hlp_C_CM.html?q=CM\">CM (ansys.com)<\/a>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Deepak&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-379333","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/379333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/379333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}