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Addition of extra argument to api from_geometry
agvarghe Nov 14, 2025
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chore: adding changelog file 1181.miscellaneous.md [dependabot-skip]
pyansys-ci-bot Nov 14, 2025
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Update mesh_util.py
waltersma Nov 20, 2025
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Update mesh_util.py
waltersma Nov 20, 2025
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions doc/changelog.d/1181.miscellaneous.md
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Addition of extra argument to api from_geometry
9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions src/ansys/meshing/prime/lucid/mesh_util.py
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Expand Up @@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ def __init__(self, model: prime.Model):
self._logger = model.python_logger

def from_geometry(
self, design: "ansys.geometry.core.Design", import_type: ImportTypes = ImportTypes.FMD
self,
design: "ansys.geometry.core.Design",
import_type: ImportTypes = ImportTypes.FMD,
append: bool = False,
):
"""Import geometry from an Ansys Design object.

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Ansys Design object to import geometry from.
import_type : ImportTypes, optional
Type of import. The default is ImportTypes.FMD.
append: bool, optional
Append imported CAD into existing model when true.
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Append imported CAD into existing model when true.
Whether to append the Ansys Design object to the model. The default is ``False``,
in which case the model contents is overwritten.

"""
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
if import_type == ImportTypes.FMD:
Expand All @@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ def from_geometry(
file_path = design.export_to_parasolid_text(tmpdir)
elif import_type == ImportTypes.SCDOCX:
file_path = design.export_to_scdocx(tmpdir)
self.read(str(file_path))
self.read(str(file_path, append=append))

def read(
self, file_name: str, append: bool = False, cad_reader_route: prime.CadReaderRoute = None
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