Choose nodes near a surface within given tolerance or in solid?

Ingeniorator
Ingeniorator New Altair Community Member
edited July 2021 in Community Q&A

Hi, is it possible to choose nodes that are near a surface within a specified tolerance or that are located within a solid, but are not associated to it in any way?

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  • Jason_Craanen
    Jason_Craanen
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2021

    Hello,
    What are you looking to do with the nodes? Simply find them or associate them to geometry?

    Thanks

  • Ingeniorator
    Ingeniorator New Altair Community Member
    edited July 2021
    Jason Craanen_20442 said:

    Hello,
    What are you looking to do with the nodes? Simply find them or associate them to geometry?

    Thanks

    Hi, I'd like to find and put them in a set.

  • Jason_Craanen
    Jason_Craanen
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2021
    Ingeniorator said:

    Hi, I'd like to find and put them in a set.

    There is this tool in the classic interface (I am looking for similar functionality in new gui)

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  • Ingeniorator
    Ingeniorator New Altair Community Member
    edited July 2021
    Jason Craanen_20442 said:

    There is this tool in the classic interface (I am looking for similar functionality in new gui)

    image

    Hi Jason, this looks like the tool I need. However, could you point me to the documentation entry about this tool? Some of the options are not quite clear, and I'd like to know if it's possible to directly select or save the matching or overlapping elements/nodes from this panel.

     

    Edit: Never mind, I found it in the PDF doc :) Nonetheless, is there a method to select/save the nodes/elements that match or intersect and retrieve them later, without having to select them manually in the viewport?

  • Ingeniorator
    Ingeniorator New Altair Community Member
    edited July 2021
    Jason Craanen_20442 said:

    There is this tool in the classic interface (I am looking for similar functionality in new gui)

    image

    Ok, I see now that only 2D elements are supported by this tool. I should have mentioned that I need to find 1D beam elements this way. Would you happen to know a way how to efficiently collect all the elements or nodes that are close to the spherical surface in the model that's attached to this reply? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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