Abaqus Scripting Reference Guide  


11.7 Highlight commands

The Highlight commands are used to highlight objects in the current viewport and to remove the highlighting.


11.7.1 highlight(...)

This method highlights an object in the current viewport.

Path
highlight

Required argument

object

An object specifying the object in the current viewport to be highlighted. You can specify only a single object. The following objects are supported:

For the MDB

  • Vertex

  • Edge

  • Face

  • Surface

  • Cell

  • Node

  • Element

  • Element face

  • Element edge

  • Feature

  • Datum

  • Instance

  • Set

  • Load

  • Boundary condition

  • Predefined field

  • Display group

For the ODB

  • Node

  • Element

  • Display group


11.7.2 unhighlight(...)

This method removes highlighting from an object in the current viewport.

Path
unhighlight

Required arguments

object

An object specifying the object in the current viewport from which the highlighting will be removed. You can specify only a single object. See “highlight,” Section 11.7.1 for a list of supported objects.