X and Y components of the Named Selection object.

Question

Hi

I'm adding the remote force and assigning a named selection edge as a scoping method.

Then I need to set X an Y coordinates to be equal to Centroids X and Y of the same edge. At the moment they are located at the origin of the global coordinate system.

MESH = ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.Mesh
ANALYSIS = ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.Analyses[0]
select_NS_load = DataModel.GetObjectsByName('load')
add_force = ANALYSIS.AddRemoteForce()  # force
add_force.Name = 'force'
add_force.Location = select_NS_load[0]

How to to return the coordinates of the named selection point/edge like below?

Mike.Thompson · Accepted Answer

NS.Entities for all the edges in the named selection

For each edge: E.Centroid property

This returns the XYZ centroid of the edge in the GeoData unit.

If you have multiple edges in the selection use the E.Length to get also a weighted average of the centroids.