Manually , I do it using the option " by angle" and clicking on the face. But I am looking to automate this as I have to deal with multiple simulations
I used the following script :
rind = [[i+1 for i in range(len(elementConnectivity)) if item in elementConnectivity[i]]
for item in TOP]
rind = [item for sublist in rind for item in sublist]
rind=list(set(rind))
SFE = myPart.SetFromElementLabels('SFE', rind)
SFelems =SFE.elements
myPart.Surface(face1Elements=SFelems, name='Surf-11')
Where,
elementconnectivity is the element connectivty matrix
TOP is the list of nodes that belong to the top face of my cube
But I am not able to obtain the result I am looking for, Is there an alternative approach ?
Could you please explain clearly what is your approach and why?
From what i'm getting you have a set of nodes, you get elements connected to these nodes (all?) and then you want to create your surface. Is that right? What is your situation (do you necessarily need to start from nodes? can you pick elements in your model without problems?)? And most important, where are you getting an error/problem and what is it?
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i have a question that is much related to this subject. how can i create a circular surface around a node by using mesh elements. actually i have 189 nodes and i must create circular surfaces from mesh elements with a radius of 1 cm around all these nodes (each node is approximately in the center of created surface), so is there any way to define such command in Abaqus script?
>>> {define a node, define a circular area around the node with a predetermined radius, select all mesh elements within this area, create a surface}
thanks for your attention.
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