Groups to session worked for nodes/elements but not for geometry. How to reorganize Geometry from a crashed database into its respective groups?

I tried this 3 step approach but it DID NOT WORK - it basically adds any geometry associated to nodes/elements to the group in which nodes/elements are.

step1. Turn on all groups in the db then go to Meshing, Associate > Element > Solid, select all solid elements followed by all solid geometry and click Apply.

step2. Repeat the process for plate elements. Meshing, Associate > Element > Surface, select all shell elements followed by all surfaces and click Apply.

step3. Go to Utilities > Group > Group Extend + MPCs + Exclude , set Process=Geometry, Group Selection=Posted , click Apply.

Theoretically this should've grabbed all geometry but it did not work.

Any suggestions/workaround?

Thanks,

Vinay

0 Darrel Sinclair over 4 years ago

Your step 3 wouldn't be expected to work. The Group Extend tool in geometry mode will find geometry congruent with any existing geometry in the group; it doesn't look for geometry associated to mesh in the group. There doesn't seem to be a way currently to do that in an automated way. It can probably be done with some PCL.
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0 vinay.kadambi over 4 years ago

Thanks Darrel
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