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Status Needs review
Created by Srinivasa Rao Masanam
Created on Jan 22, 2025

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OpenSTAAD Function to Retrieve the Id (Not GUID) of a Parametric Surface

As most of the functions exposed in OpenSTAAD uses the surfaceId to target a specific parametric surface, a function to retrieve the Id of the parametric surface by specifying it's name will be essential. I tried using the existing function GetParametricSurfaceUniqueID() with a known surface name but unfortunately the result I am getting by calling the function is 'false' instead of a unique GUID despite the fact that a parametric surface with the specified name already exists in the model. Further, I am not sure even if the GUID is retrieved, can the same id be used for further interactions with surfaces!