{"id":165066,"date":"2023-03-17T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T08:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/in-workbench-mechanical-is-there-a-way-to-create-node-or-element-named-selections-based-on-their-idaes-as-an-alternative-to-using-the-aeoeworksheetae%c2%9d\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:30:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:30:31","slug":"in-workbench-mechanical-is-there-a-way-to-create-node-or-element-named-selections-based-on-their-idaes-as-an-alternative-to-using-the-aeoeworksheetae%c2%9d","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/in-workbench-mechanical-is-there-a-way-to-create-node-or-element-named-selections-based-on-their-idaes-as-an-alternative-to-using-the-aeoeworksheetae%c2%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"In Workbench Mechanical, is there a way to create node or element named selections based on their ID\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s as an alternative to using the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153worksheet\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes. This can be done by following this procedure: (1) After the mesh has been created, RMB on the Graphics Window and choose \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Select Mesh by ID\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (2) Choose between \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nodes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Elements\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and enter the requested information in the command line (3) Click on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Create Named Selection\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-165066","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-19-2","topic-tag-general","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t