Finding cylindrical faces in a 2D fe model

Roshan Shiveshwar
Roshan Shiveshwar Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi,

Is there any API that can help me to find elems  or nodes on cylindrical/fillet faces in a 2D FE model?

 

I have come across following APIs. All seem to work for geometry but not FE model.

  • hm_getfilletfaces
  • hm_getfilletfacesbyprofile
  • hm_getfilletfacesfrommark
  • hm_markbyfeature

 

 

Thanks,

Roshan

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  • Pandurang
    Pandurang Altair Community Member
    edited September 2018

    u can try this for cylindrical faces:

     

    *createmark entity_type mark_id 'by cylinder' x y z i j k r h location contained all tol

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited September 2018

    Hi,

    You can use *findfeatures

    and then use *createmark elems 1 'by face' to select elems on each feature

  • Roshan Shiveshwar
    Roshan Shiveshwar Altair Community Member
    edited September 2018

    Hi tinh,

     

    I could not find the API  - *findfeatures.

    I am a HM 14 user.  Is this API available in newer versions of HM?

     

    Thanks,

    Roshan

  • Pandurang
    Pandurang Altair Community Member
    edited September 2018
    Altair Forum User said:

    Hi tinh,

     

    I could not find the API  - *findfeatures.

    I am a HM 14 user.  Is this API available in newer versions of HM?

     

    Thanks,

    Roshan

    try This: 

    *features 

     *features_advanced

     

     

     

  • Roshan Shiveshwar
    Roshan Shiveshwar Altair Community Member
    edited September 2018

    Thank you  Pandurang !!

    This is very close to what I am looking for. 

     

    Regards,

    Roshan

  • Roshan Shiveshwar
    Roshan Shiveshwar Altair Community Member
    edited September 2018

    Still , I am not sure what parameters are required to accurately identify the cylinders/ fillets.

     

    Is there any sample code available for this?

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