How to make a section plane for viewing in mechanical

Mike.Thompson

You can use something like this:

def CreateSectionPlane(Name, Location, Direction):
    """
    Name (string)
    Location (list of values XYZ)
    Direction (list of values XYZ to define plane normal)
    """
    CS = ExtAPI.DataModel.GetObjectsByType(DataModelObjectCategory.CoordinateSystem)[0]
    CS.CreateSectionPlane()
    SecPlane=ExtAPI.Graphics.SectionPlanes[len(ExtAPI.Graphics.SectionPlanes)-1]
    SecPlane.Name = Name
    LenUnit = ExtAPI.DataModel.CurrentUnitFromQuantityName('Length')
    SecPlane.Center=Ansys.Mechanical.Graphics.Point([float(V) for V in Location], LenUnit)
    SecPlane.Direction=Ansys.ACT.Math.Vector3D(Direction[0],Direction[1],Direction[2])
    return SecPlane

SecPlane = CreateSectionPlane("This", [0,50,0], [0,1,0]) #create a section plane at y = 50 in the Y-Normal direction called "This"

Further options to orient the camera in the graphics window to the section plane.

Camera=ExtAPI.Graphics.Camera
Camera.ViewVector=-SecPlane.Direction
Camera.FocalPoint=SecPlane.Center