ZStart must be 0 in Maxwell 2D

[Devin-Crawford]

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• I have searched among the existing issues
• I am using a Python virtual environment

Description of the bug

The property transparency for 2D primitives does not exist if the ZStart value passed to the native API is non-zero. This can be seen in the unit test test_04_create_rectangle when trying to modify transparency after creating a rectangle.

Steps To Reproduce

Run the following script in the native API. The rectangle transparency cannot be modified.

import ScriptEnv
ScriptEnv.Initialize("Ansoft.ElectronicsDesktop")
oProject = oDesktop.GetActiveProject()
oDesign = oProject.GetActiveDesign()
oEditor = oDesign.SetActiveEditor("3D Modeler")
oEditor.CreateRectangle(
	['NAME:RectangleParameters', 
    'IsCovered:=', True, 
    'XStart:=', '10mm', 
    'YStart:=', '-2mm', 
    'ZStart:=', '1mm', 
    'Width:=', '3mm', 
    'Height:=', '10mm', 
    'WhichAxis:=', 'Z'], 
	['NAME:Attributes', 
    'Name:=', 'MyRectangle', 
    'Flags:=', '', 
    'Color:=', '(242  140  102)', 
    'Transparency:=', 0.2, 
    'PartCoordinateSystem:=', 'Global', 
    'SolveInside:=', True, 
    'MaterialValue:=', '"copper"', 
    'UDMId:=', '', 
    'SurfaceMaterialValue:=', '"Steel-oxidised-surface"', 
    'ShellElement:=', False, 
    'ShellElementThickness:=', '0mm', 
    'IsMaterialEditable:=', True, 
    'UseMaterialAppearance:=', False, 
    'IsLightweight:=', False
    ])

change ZStart to 0mm and all is well again.

Which Operating System are you using?

Windows

Which Python version are you using?

3.10

Installed packages

all dependences are installed.

[Devin-Crawford]

There should be a message written to the log when an attempt to update transparency fails.

[Samuelopez-ansys]

@dcrawforAtAnsys Is this feature already impleted right? Please close the issue if it is.

[Devin-Crawford]

This is an issue in the native API but should not come up when using PyAEDT.