How to deactive section planes and set geometry view to 'exterior' for all figures in a list

Matthias

[Ansys 2025 R1]
First I have tried deactivating the section plane alone since it works via GUI. But it does not work via API. So I have recorded some commands regarding geometry but it still does not work.

Here is my code:

import toolbar
import time

my_figures = DataModel.GetObjectsByType(DataModelObjectCategory.Figure)

for my_figure in my_figures:
   my_figure.Activate
   # Confirm that figure is processed
   print(my_figure.ObjectId) 
   # time.sleep(0.5) # Adding a delay did not help
   Graphics.ViewOptions.ResultPreference.GeometryView = MechanicalEnums.Graphics.GeometryView.Exterior
   toolbar.DoExteriorResultView(ExtAPI)
   Graphics.SectionPlanes[0].Active = False

Tasos

Hi @Matthias, it seems that each Figure object keeps a separate list of section planes.

I modified your script to iterate over all section planes for each Figure object and it works on my end. Please give this a try and let me know if it works on your application too.

with Transaction():


    my_figures = DataModel.GetObjectsByType(DataModelObjectCategory.Figure)


    for my_figure in my_figures:


        my_figure.Activate()


        sps = Graphics.SectionPlanes


        for sp in sps:


            sp.Active = False
        Graphics.ViewOptions.ResultPreference.GeometryView = MechanicalEnums.Graphics.GeometryView.Exterior

I blocked the loops inside the "with Transaction():" manager to improve performance by reducing the number of intermediate updates to the model tree and/or GUI.