How can we get the normal vector of the surfaces obtained after mid surface extraction?

tanushi
tanushi Altair Community Member

I am only able to plot the normal vector but not able to retrieve it as a vector.

Answers

  • Michael Herve
    Michael Herve
    Altair Employee

    Hello @tanushi ,

    if you CAD is sytill associated to your FE mesh, you can run hm_getsurfacenormal or

    hm_getsurfacenormalatcoordinate

    If you have only orphan mesh, you can query normalx, normaly and normalz attributes for elements, through hm_getvalue api

    Hope that helps,

    Best Regards,

    Michael

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