This seems like a multi-step algorithm. First you need to select the area of interest, which I think you have done using the first *GET command. There is no straight path to selecting the keypoints associated with an area, so you will need to select the lines associated with the area first using LSLA command, and then selecting the keypoints associated with the selected subset of lines using KSLL. So far, seems like it is straightforward.

The tricky part is to sorting or ordering the keypoints in an ascending or descending order. That can be done in a *DO loop and using the *GET command.

First, count the number of selected KP:

*GET,KP_CNT,KP,,COUNT

Next, you can find the the smallest KP number:

*GET,KP_NUM,KP,,NUM,MIN

You can store the KP_NUM in an array for stepping in a loop. Next step is implementing a loop like this:

*DO,CNT,2,KP_CNT

*GET,KP_NUM,KP,KP_NUM,NXTH

!---HERE YOU CAN STORE THE NEW KP_NUM IN AN ARRAY

*ENDDO

Note that:

1- You can directly store the KP numbers in the array through *GET command. You only need to give the correct array location to *GET parameter input.

2- This loop has to be done inside the loop that selects areas individually.

A code like the following may work. I haven't tested that, though.

*GET,A_NUM,AREA,0,COUNT

*DIM,AREA_LIST,ARRAY,A_NUM,5

*DIM,AREA_LIST(1,1),AREA,,NUM,MIN

*DO,CNT,2,A_NUM

*GET,AREA_LIST(CNT,1),AREA,AREA_LIST(CNT-1,1),NXTH

*ENDDO

*DO,CNT,1,A_NUM

ASEL,S,AREA,,AREA_LIST(CNT,1)

LSLA,S

KSLL,S

*GET,KP_NUM,KP,,COUNT !---IT SEEMS THERE CAN ONLY BE FOUR KP PER AREA, SO THIS LINE MAY BE REDUNDANT

*GET,AREA_LIST(CNT,2),KP,,NUM,MIN

*DO,I,2,KP_NUM

*GET,AREA_LIST(CNT,I+1),KP,AREA_LIST(CNT,I),NXTH

*ENDDO

*ENDDO

Dear Inaam Qazi you have written some apdl code or have done via commands in ansys apdl (select the anticlockwise node numbers which will form the area) first of all put the area number, node number and keypoint number ON, that will provide the specific area number and keypoint number and than before meshing the areas go to the mesh attributes and choose pick by areas. by this process you can mesh the different areas with different material property as you want. i hope this might help you.

Regards

Ajay Kumar

I follow

This seems like a multi-step algorithm. First you need to select the area of interest, which I think you have done using the first *GET command. There is no straight path to selecting the keypoints associated with an area, so you will need to select the lines associated with the area first using LSLA command, and then selecting the keypoints associated with the selected subset of lines using KSLL. So far, seems like it is straightforward.

The tricky part is to sorting or ordering the keypoints in an ascending or descending order. That can be done in a *DO loop and using the *GET command.

First, count the number of selected KP:

*GET,KP_CNT,KP,,COUNT

Next, you can find the the smallest KP number:

*GET,KP_NUM,KP,,NUM,MIN

You can store the KP_NUM in an array for stepping in a loop. Next step is implementing a loop like this:

*DO,CNT,2,KP_CNT

*GET,KP_NUM,KP,KP_NUM,NXTH

!---HERE YOU CAN STORE THE NEW KP_NUM IN AN ARRAY

*ENDDO

Note that:

1- You can directly store the KP numbers in the array through *GET command. You only need to give the correct array location to *GET parameter input.

2- This loop has to be done inside the loop that selects areas individually.

A code like the following may work. I haven't tested that, though.

*GET,A_NUM,AREA,0,COUNT

*DIM,AREA_LIST,ARRAY,A_NUM,5

*DIM,AREA_LIST(1,1),AREA,,NUM,MIN

*DO,CNT,2,A_NUM

*GET,AREA_LIST(CNT,1),AREA,AREA_LIST(CNT-1,1),NXTH

*ENDDO

*DO,CNT,1,A_NUM

ASEL,S,AREA,,AREA_LIST(CNT,1)

LSLA,S

KSLL,S

*GET,KP_NUM,KP,,COUNT !---IT SEEMS THERE CAN ONLY BE FOUR KP PER AREA, SO THIS LINE MAY BE REDUNDANT

*GET,AREA_LIST(CNT,2),KP,,NUM,MIN

*DO,I,2,KP_NUM

*GET,AREA_LIST(CNT,I+1),KP,AREA_LIST(CNT,I),NXTH

*ENDDO

*ENDDO