asel

Query.asel(a)

Returns selection status of an area.

Returns a SelectionStatus object with values:

1 - SELECTED 0 - UNDEFINED -1 - UNSELECTED

Parameters:

aint

Area number

Returns:

mapdl.ansys.core.inline_functions.SelectionStatus

Selection status of the area.

Return type:

SelectionStatus

Examples

Here we create a single area and interrogate its selection status.

>>> from ansys.mapdl.core import launch_mapdl
>>> mapdl = launch_mapdl()
>>> mapdl.prep7()
>>> k1 = mapdl.k(1, 0, 0, 0)
>>> k2 = mapdl.k(2, 1, 0, 0)
>>> k3 = mapdl.k(3, 1, 1, 1)
>>> a1 = mapdl.a(k1, k2, k3)
>>> a1
1

We can use Query.asel to interrogate the selection status of the line. The response is an enum.IntEnum object. If you query a line that does not exist, it will return a status SelectionStatus.UNDEFINED.

>>> q = mapdl.queries
>>> q.asel(a1)
<SelectionStatus.SELECTED: 1>
>>> mapdl.asel('NONE')
>>> q.asel(a1)
<SelectionStatus.UNSELECTED: -1>
>>> q.asel(0)
<SelectionStatus.UNDEFINED: 0>