How can I get the face IDs of a Named Selection?

Florian Reithemann

In my project I have defined a Named Selection of some faces (bolt shafts) by scoping method worksheet. Now I try to get the IDs of these surfaces for being able to apply a bolt pretension to each of the faces.

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

If "ns" references your named selection, ns.Ids will return the ids of the geometric entities scoped in that named selection.

This post should also help:

https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/1309/identify-bodies-in-named-selections-and-make-dedicated-named-selections-for-each

Jim Kosloski

I don't think this response is correct. In Mechanical, Ansys.ACT.Automation.Mechanical.NamedSelection has no property "Ids". You will need to use:

ns.Location.Ids

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

@Jim Kosloski , both options work:

ns.Ids should however not be confused with ns.ObjectId. The first returns the Ids of the geometric entities scoped in the NS, whereas the later returns the ID of the NS tree object.