Is there a way to name the last surface created? Right now I have to know the number for the surface I just created on the command line:
surface 28 name "jjj"
Also, is there a way to move the surface by name?
move surface "jjj" x 1
ERROR: Syntax error.
No entities specified.
Type 'help move' for correct syntax.There are a few ways to get the id of the last surface (or other geometric entity) created. The first is using the APREPRO functionality in Cubit - and use the Id() function:
#{surf_id=Id("surface")}
remove surface {surf_id}
The other is similar, but using the Python API and the get_last_id() method:
https://coreform.com/cubit_help/cubithelp.htm#t=appendix%2Fpython%2Fnamespace_cubit_interface.htm
surf_id = cubit.get_last_id("surface")
cubit.cmd("remove surface {}".format(surf_id))
Thanks, it looks like it works.
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>>> cubit.cmd('create surface rectangle width 0.095 height 0.035 xplane')
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>>> surf_id = cubit.get_last_id("surface")
>>> surf_id
1Great! Glad to see you have it working!
One comment, when you initialize Coreform Cubit using cubit.init() you can pass in a list of arguments, which you can find here: https://coreform.com/cubit_help/cubithelp.htm#t=environment_control%2Fsession_control%2Fexecution_command_syntax.htm
Not all arguments are available in Cubit-Python (e.g. it’s always --nographics) but here’s what I often like to run, particularly when I want to minimize output to screen.
cubit.init(["cubit", "-nobanner", "-noecho", "-nojournal","-information", "off", "-warning", "off"])