How do I get the SURF node and element numbers for a particular pressure load object in mechanical?

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edited June 2023 in Structures

You can get the element and nodes corresponding to a particular pressure object in mechanical.

You can replicate the same procedure for obtaining SURF elements of pressure, radiation,...etc in a similar way

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    first solve the model as the surface elements are created during the solve.

    firstsolution = ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.GetChildren(DataModelObjectCategory.Solution,True)[0]
solverdata= firstsolution.SolverData
pressureobject = ExtAPI.DataModel.GetObjectsByName('Pressure')[0]
pressureobjectdata = solverdata.GetObjectData(pressureobject)
surf_elem_type = pressureobjectdata.SurfaceEffectElementTypeId
surf_elem_nodes = solverdata.NodeIdsByMaterialId(str(surf_elem_type))
surf_elem_elems = solverdata.ElementIdsByMaterialId(str(surf_elem_type))

    surf_elem_nodes and surf_elem_elems would correspond to SURF154 nodes and elements of a pressure load called "Pressure" in the mechanical object

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