create_named_selection

Modeler2D.create_named_selection(name: str, assignment: list[str] | list[int]) → NamedSelections | None

Create a new named selection given objects or face ids.

Method valid from AEDT 2026.1.

Parameters:

namestr

Name of the named selection.

assignmentlist of str or int

List of object names or face ids to include in the named selection.

Returns:

ansys.aedt.core.modeler.Modeler.NamedSelections or bool

References

>>> oEditor.CreateNamedSelection

Examples

>>> from ansys.aedt.core import Maxwell3d
>>> aedt_app = Maxwell3d(version="2026.1")
>>> box1 = aedt_app.modeler.create_box([0, 0, 0], [1, 2, 3], name="box1")
>>> box2 = aedt_app.modeler.create_box([10, 10, 10], [1, 2, 3], name="box2")
>>> sel = aedt_app.modeler.create_named_selection(name="test", assignment=aedt_app.modeler.object_names)