get_areas

Geometry.get_areas(quality=1, return_as_list=False)

Get active areas from MAPDL represented as pyvista.PolyData or a list of pyvista.UnstructuredGrid.

Parameters:

qualityint, optional

Quality of the mesh to display. Values are between 1 (worst) and10 (best).

Returns:

pv.PolyData or List[pv.UnstructuredGrid]

pv.PolyData grouping all meshes representing the active surface areas selected by ASEL. If return_as_list=True, areas are returned as a list of pv.UnstructuredGrid.

Return type:

Union[List[UnstructuredGrid], PolyData]

Examples

Return a single merged mesh.

>>> area_mesh = mapdl.geometry.get_areas(quality=3)
>>> area_mesh
UnstructuredGrid (0x7f14add95ca0)
  N Cells:      24
  N Points:     30
  X Bounds:     -2.000e+00, 2.000e+00
  Y Bounds:     0.000e+00, 1.974e+00
  Z Bounds:     5.500e-01, 5.500e-01
  N Arrays:     4

Return a list of areas as individual grids

>>> areas = mapdl.geometry.get_areas(quality=3, return_as_list=True)
>>> areas
[UnstructuredGrid (0x7f14add95040)
  N Cells:      12
  N Points:     20
  X Bounds:     -2.000e+00, 2.000e+00
  Y Bounds:     0.000e+00, 1.974e+00
  Z Bounds:     0.000e+00, 0.000e+00
  N Arrays:     4,
UnstructuredGrid (0x7f14add95ca0)
  N Cells:      12
  N Points:     20
  X Bounds:     -2.000e+00, 2.000e+00
  Y Bounds:     0.000e+00, 1.974e+00
  Z Bounds:     5.500e-01, 5.500e-01
  N Arrays:     4,
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