How can we in an automatic way do the same as function: Go To -> Joints For Selected Bodies

Erik Kostson

How can we in an automatic way, e.g., via mechanical scripting, do the same as function: Go To -> Joints For Selected Bodies?

Erik Kostson

Below is one way of doing this (it has 2 steps - 1st select body, and find all faces belonging to it, and 2nd see if these faces are scoped in any connections/joints):

model=ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model # refer to Model
analysis = model.Analyses[0]
solution = analysis.Solution
myfaces=[]
myjnts=[]

#get faces of selected bodies
cursel=ExtAPI.SelectionManager.CurrentSelection.Ids
for cid in cursel:
    my_geobody =ExtAPI.DataModel.GeoData.GeoEntityById(cid)
    if (my_geobody.GetType())==(Ansys.ACT.Common.Geometry.GeoBodyWrapper):
        for face in my_geobody.Faces:
            myfaces.append(face.Id)
    else:
        print('Not a body - select a body')

#check if faces are part of joints
def findcon(myfaces):
    connections = model.Connections
    jns=connections.GetChildren(DataModelObjectCategory.Joint,True)
    for jnt in jns:
        mid=jnt.MobileLocation.Ids[0]
        rid=jnt.ReferenceLocation.Ids[0]
        for f in myfaces:
            if f==rid or f ==mid:
                print('Got one: ' + jnt.Name)
                myjnts.append(jnt)
    ExtAPI.DataModel.Tree.Activate(myjnts)

findcon(myfaces)

The above can also be used to get the function go to -> Contacts for Selected Bodies

We need then to change the DataModelObjectCategory.Joint to DataModelObjectCategory.ContactRegion, and the subsequent Mob./Ref. Location to the contact source and target locations.