How to recognise the elements included in a cercle
How to recognise the elements included in a cercle
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Hi everyone,
someone can please answer this question?
If for example one draws a circle on a given mesh. Is there any command in Ansys which allows us to recognize the elements whose centroid are included in this circle?
Regards
Barha
someone can please answer this question?
If for example one draws a circle on a given mesh. Is there any command in Ansys which allows us to recognize the elements whose centroid are included in this circle?
Regards
Barha





RE: How to recognise the elements included in a cercle
Try to write a macro using the commands etable and csys,,1. With etable you can define a table with all the centroids of the elements in a local cylindrical system. Then can reselect elements based on their x coordinates of the table esel,r,etab...
Regards,
Alex
RE: How to recognise the elements included in a cercle
Regards
Barha
RE: How to recognise the elements included in a cercle
RE: How to recognise the elements included in a cercle
RE: How to recognise the elements included in a cercle
LOCAL,11,1,,,,,,,2 !defines CSYS 11 as a cylndrical coordinate system at global origin with y-axis to x-axis ratio of 2.00 (thus making it elliptical)
This command is fairly straightforward so hopefully this helps you out.
-Brian
RE: How to recognise the elements included in a cercle
thanks