Select Geometry or Mesh in the Graphics Window

Goal: Select a geometry or mesh in the graphics window.

Code for Geometry selection:

# Clear the current selection and select some previously determined Geo IDs
ExtAPI.SelectionManager.ClearSelection()
mySel = ExtAPI.SelectionManager.CreateSelectionInfo(SelectionTypeEnum.GeometryEntities)
mySel.Ids = [17,19,22]   #These are the IDs of any geometric entities
ExtAPI.SelectionManager.NewSelection(mySel)

Code for Mesh selection:

You might need to be in the wireframe mode to see the selected nodes.

# Clear the current selection and select some mesh nodes
ExtAPI.SelectionManager.ClearSelection()
mySel = ExtAPI.SelectionManager.CreateSelectionInfo(SelectionTypeEnum.MeshNodes)
mySel.Ids = [1,2,3,4]  # These are the IDs of any node entities
ExtAPI.SelectionManager.NewSelection(mySel)