Extract Force Reaction and corresponding coordinates

cobonz
cobonz Member Posts: 8
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Hi Together,

I wrote a script to automatically extract contact forces. The script creates a force reaction result and takes a contact. Then the contact Force Reaction is written to a csv file. As I have to modify my model from time to time it would be helpful if I extract beside the forces also the center of the contact (coordinates x,y,z) to later be able to rearrange the results to old results. In the graphics for a force Reaction I can for example see an arrow. Can I somehow extract the origin of this vector (which is in the middle of the contact face)

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  • Abel Ramos
    Abel Ramos Member, Employee Posts: 42
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    Hello, you could try to get the face(s) id(s), and with the geoData get its centroid.

    Could something like this work for your needs?

    face=ExtAPI.SelectionManager.CurrentSelection   
geoData= ExtAPI.DataModel.GeoData   
geoFace=geoData.GeoEntityById(face.Ids[0])  
geoFace.Centroid

    Best Regards,

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