[Sandland]

Hi all

I am trying to write a Macro, that imports an .stl file and use the "Split by patch" command and rename some of the patches to "New_Shaft". This will be done in a loop for a bunch of simulations.

The problem I run in to is that the IDs/numbers of the "Part surface Patches" changes every time I import a new STL file. The position in the list of ID are the same every time, so is there any way I can choose it from the position or get the list with the IDs instead of referring to the IDs directly (or maybe do it another way)?

The comand I use is as follow, where "13898, 13899, 13904" is number 4, 5 and 10 in the list of IDs:

cadPart_0.splitPartSurfaceByPatch(partSurface_0, new IntVector(new int[] {13898, 13899, 13904}), "New_Shaft");

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[CY80]

I encounter the exact same problem during trying to ease my work load by Marco, have you figure it out, SandLand?

[CY80]

An update for Sandland and all the people may encounter the same problem:

I found that the using split by angle function can fix my question, the name ('Block Surface 1', 'Block Surface 2', ...) seems repeating at the same surface every time I call the function (at least so far).

Attached the my recorded Marco FYR, but record for your own simulation is highly recommended:

private void SplitSurfaces() {

Simulation simulation_0 =
getActiveSimulation();

SimpleBlockPart simpleBlockPart_0 =
((SimpleBlockPart) simulation_0.get(SimulationPartManager.class).getP art("Domain"));

PartSurface partSurface_0 =
((PartSurface) simpleBlockPart_0.getPartSurfaceManager().getPartS urface("Block Surface"));

simpleBlockPart_0.getPartSurfaceManager().splitPar tSurfacesByAngle(new NeoObjectVector(new Object[] {partSurface_0}), 89.0);

partSurface_0.setPresentationName("Outlet");

PartSurface partSurface_1 =
((PartSurface) simpleBlockPart_0.getPartSurfaceManager().getPartS urface("Block Surface 2"));

partSurface_1.setPresentationName("Sides -Y");

PartSurface partSurface_2 =
((PartSurface) simpleBlockPart_0.getPartSurfaceManager().getPartS urface("Block Surface 3"));

partSurface_2.setPresentationName("Bottom");

PartSurface partSurface_3 =
((PartSurface) simpleBlockPart_0.getPartSurfaceManager().getPartS urface("Block Surface 4"));

partSurface_3.setPresentationName("Top");

PartSurface partSurface_4 =
((PartSurface) simpleBlockPart_0.getPartSurfaceManager().getPartS urface("Block Surface 5"));

partSurface_4.setPresentationName("Sides +Y");

PartSurface partSurface_5 =
((PartSurface) simpleBlockPart_0.getPartSurfaceManager().getPartS urface("Block Surface 6"));

partSurface_5.setPresentationName("Inlet");
}