Duplicate a mesh sizing and change some settings in duplicated sizing

Pernelle Marone-Hitz
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edited June 2023 in Structures

How can I duplicate a mesh sizing and change some settings in duplicated sizing through ACT scripting?

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  • Pernelle Marone-Hitz
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    The example below duplicates a mesh sizing and changes the coordinate system used to define the position of the sphere of influence for the duplicated sizing:

    initialSizing = ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.Mesh.GetChildren(DataModelObjectCategory.Sizing,True)[0] # get first object "sizing" in the tree
initialSizingCS = initialSizing.SphereCenter # access CS used for sphere center
initialSizingCS.Name # check CS name
newSizing = initialSizing.Duplicate() # duplicate sizing
selectCS = ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model.CoordinateSystems.Children[1] # reference a new CS 
newSizing.SphereCenter=selectCS # use "selectCS" as sphere center CS for new sizing

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