Set id assignment in python API

Alaam

Hello, I am facing an issue in assigning an id to my created node set using python API.

This syntax doesn't work:

node_set=ent.Set(model,cardimage="SET_GRID", name="node_set_name", id=9999)

I noted that when I try recording my commands and generate a python code from tcl, the command

*setvalue sets id=1 STATUS=2 id={sets 9999}

is not created in python and seems to have no equivalent.

Thanks

Miliadou

Hi Alaam,

You are correct that renumbering an individual entity through Python is not currently supported in the same way it is in TCL.
However, it is possible to renumber a collection of entities by using our APIs, like renumber, renumbersolverid, etc.

For your reference, the example below demonstrates the Python equivalent of your TCL command — specifically, how to renumber the set entity with ID 1:

model.renumber(
collection=hm.Collection(model, ent.Set, [1]),
start_id=9999,
incr_val=1,
offset_val=0,
offset_flag=0,
)

Regards