topic Re: Macro / Script for Valve Gate Controller in Moldflow Insight Forum

Macro / Script for Valve Gate Controller

brian6V3ZM — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:03:25 GMT

Is there a way to reference a Valve Gate Controller in a script?

When selecting nodes and triangles, the recorded macro will have entities listed

Ex. EntList.SelectFromString "T18418 T18423 T18424 T18429 T18430 "

When selecting a Valve Gate Controller, the entity list is blank, and only beam shows up in the selection window

Ex. EntList.SelectFromString ""

Re: Macro / Script for Valve Gate Controller

adevadkar — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 04:42:46 GMT

HI @brian6V3ZM ,
You can use
Set VGProp = PropEd.FindProperty(30030, VGno.) to Get the Valve Gate Controller
VGProp.name to Get the Valve Gate Controller Name
VGProp.ID to Get the Valve Gate Controller ID

Thanks & Regards,
Anirudha D

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Re: Macro / Script for Valve Gate Controller

brian6V3ZM — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:57:47 GMT

Thank you for your reply, but I am still not understanding how to reference a specific controller. For example to simply delete a controller.

To delete a triangle #T78367, my script macro is this:

Set EntList = MeshEditor.CreateEntityList()
EntList.SelectFromString "T78367 "
Set EntList_1 = MeshEditor.Delete(EntList)

What would be in the quotes for the controller if it has ID = 2 and name is VG-2

Re: Macro / Script for Valve Gate Controller

adevadkar — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 06:55:49 GMT

Hello @brian6V3ZM ,
In moldflow you cannot delete the controller, it is associated with the beam element, you can't delete it you are allowed to modify only. (Through Automation). You can do it manually

Delete all the beam (not curve) associated with the valve gate controller and remesh the study to generate new beams.

Thanks & Regards,
Anirudha D

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Re: Macro / Script for Valve Gate Controller

brian6V3ZM — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:28:44 GMT

OK, thanks so much for the reply.