X and Y components of the Named Selection object.

sombodyfromtheworld
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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?

add_force.XCoordinate = CentroidX of the select_NS_load[0].Geometry
same for YCoordinate

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  • Mike.Thompson
    Mike.Thompson Member, Employee Posts: 342
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    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.

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  • sombodyfromtheworld
    sombodyfromtheworld Member Posts: 30
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    edited December 2023

    @Mike.Thompson Thanks
    This solution works for me:

    ANALYSIS = ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.Analyses[0]
select_NS_load = DataModel.GetObjectsByName('load')
add_force = ANALYSIS.AddRemoteForce()  # force
x_coord = select_NS_load[0].Entities[0].Centroid[0]
y_coord = select_NS_load[0].Entities[0].Centroid[1]
add_force.Location = select_NS_load[0]
add_force.XCoordinate = Quantity(x_coord, 'm')
add_force.YCoordinate = Quantity(y_coord, 'm')

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