how to select part.surface in abaqus using python script

Question

How do I select the surfaces on part in Abaqus? I have tried:

tubePart.surface(faces = tubePart.faces[4:8],name = 'innerFaces')

but it keeps saying part object has no attribute surface.

Answer 1

Ideally, you should create a new surface by calling Surface() function (not surface()), i.e.

tubePart.Surface(...)

Secondly, there must be side1Faces instead of faces (thanks to agentp for comment). Thus, the final peace of code should look like this:

tubePart.Surface(side1Faces = tubePart.faces[4:8],name = 'innerFaces')