Creating a Face List
Create a face list when you when you want to group multiple faces for convenient selection and processing. Creating a face list is a convenient way to identify and select a specific set of surfaces for field plots, calculations, boundaries or excitations. The same face can be included in several different lists.
To create a face list:
- Make sure that the modeler is in face selection mode by pressing the F shortcut key.
- Select the object faces you want to include in the face list.
- From the menu bar, click Modeler> List> Create> Face List.
The face list is created. It is listed in the History Tree under Lists. The default name is Facelistn. The lists appear in alphanumeric order.
- Optionally, to change the name of a face list
(for example, to a name describing the listed faces as ports or boundaries),
select the list in the History Tree and change the Name value in the docked Properties window.
If necessary, the lists in the History Tree are resorted to restore the proper alphanumeric order.
The face list will be treated as one selection of surfaces when you are plotting and performing fields calculations. The face list will be listed in the Geometry window of the Fields Calculator, when you select the Surface option.
- Line objects in the list do not affect where the fields are saved. If all objects in the list are lines, fields will be saved on all objects.
- To post processing on line object when saving fields on object/face list, include both the line and its containing object/face in the list.
If you right-click an existing face list and choose Select Assignment from the shortcut menu, you can make boundary assignments or execute the Move Faces geometry operations for all faces in the list.