MeshFaceArray object

The MeshFaceArray is a sequence of MeshFace objects.

The following topics are discussed:

Access

import part
mdb.models[name].parts[name].elementFaces
import assembly
mdb.models[name].rootAssembly.allinstances.elementFaces
mdb.models[name].rootAssembly.instances[name].elementFaces

MeshFaceArray(...)

This method creates a MeshFaceArray object.

Path

mesh.MeshFaceArray

Required arguments

faces

A list of MeshFace objects.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

A MeshFaceArray object.

Exceptions

None.

getSequenceFromMask(...)

This method returns the objects in the MeshFaceArray identified using the specified mask. When large number of objects are involved, this method is highly efficient.

Required arguments

mask

A String specifying the object or objects.

Optional arguments

None.

Return value

A MeshFaceArray object.

Exceptions

An exception occurs if the resulting sequence is empty.

Error: The mask results in an empty sequence

getMask()

This method returns a string specifying the object or objects.

Arguments

None.

Return value

A String specifying the object or objects.

Exceptions

None.

Members

The MeshFaceArray object has no members.