getSupportEntitiesForSet

Overview

This utility is used for extracting the support entities (Face/Edge/Node/Elements) from sets. This can be further used as input for performing other operations.

Syntax

EntityIdArray = simlab.getSupportEntitiesForSet('SetName')

User Case

Below are some of the use case where GetSupportEntitiesForSet will be useful to make the script generic.

Why we need this utility?

In SimLab, we cannot give support entities from set directly as input for applying loads and boundary conditions. Using this utility, we can easily get the support entities from the sets and can be given as input for applying loads and boundary conditions.

Utility Input/output

Sample