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Old   March 21, 2005, 08:39
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Pete
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Hi,

does anybody know a command that calculates the area of the surface of a cset? Like volume cset calculates the volume? Thanks
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Old   March 21, 2005, 09:58
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there are various way to do area calculation. You can select a zone using a cset redefined this zone like a boundary area, and UTILITY=>CALCULATE AREA=>Boundary set.
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Old   March 21, 2005, 10:16
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Jörn Beilke
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if you have a cset of volume cells do the following

clrwall

live surf create

cset news type_of_created_shells

oper getc area 1

summ cset

*get area rtot 1

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