Group Class

The Group class contains methods and properties to add and remove entities from groups as well as to query for the existence of specific entities within a group. Note that groups must be created using the createGroup(name) method in the Analysis group. To create a group called “chips” in an analysis object named “model”, issue the command:

model.createGroup(“chips”)

Group Class Properties

Group Properties	Type	Values
type	String	“Geometric”, “Motion”
entityType	String	“Volume”, “Surface”, “Edge”
name	String

Group Class Methods

Group Methods	Description	data return
add(id)	adds entity id to the group; id = number	no
add(name)	adds entity name to the group; name = string	no
remove(id)	removes entity id from the group; id = number	no
contains(id)	Boolean querey: Does group contain entity id?; id = number	yes