Display contour + mesh

CesarAero

Dear support,

I am trying to display a mesh element on a contour to visualize the relative position of my mesh with respect the flow features.

I can successfully display my contour using session_contour['mach_contour'].display(), where session_contour = session.settings.results.graphics.contour.

And I can also display my mesh elements using mesh_graphics['mesh_display'].display(), where mesh_graphics = session.settings.results.graphics.mesh.

However I cannot overlap in the code the contour + the mesh. I have tried

1. session_contour['mach_contour'].draw_mesh.set_state(True)
2. session_contour['mach_contour'](draw_mesh='yes', mesh_object='mesh_display')
3. session.tui.display.contour('mach_contour', 'yes', 'mesh_display') # contour name / draw mesh? / mesh object name

I have either the following error when using the draw_mesh function:

Error: api-get-var: the object is not active
Error Object: "results/graphics/contour/mach_contour/draw-mesh?""

Or the following error when using TUI commands:

Error Object: "mach_contour"

Could someone help me with this?

Vishal M

Hello @CesarAero,

The draw_mesh function is not active as part of the settings API yet.

There are three other approaches you can follow to perform this operation

1. The TUI approach you have taken creates contours and does not display existing contours for which you can use the objects submenu

/display/objects/display contour-1
/display/objects/add-to-graphics mesh-1

solver.tui.display.objects.display("contour-1")
solver.tui.display.objects.add_to_graphics("mesh-1")

2. You can also use the add_to_graphics option for the mesh

solver.settings.results.graphics.mesh.add_to_graphics(object_name = 'mesh-1')

3. You can create a scene object with both these post processing objects which would also accomplish the same requirement