Refresh pyaedt object when design duplication (#1261)

* Refresh pyaedt object when design duplication
Fix small bug in End Conenction boundary

* Unittest

* fixed UT

* fixed UT

* fixed UT on faces_by_area

Co-authored-by: maxcapodi78 <Shark78>

Author: Samuelopez-ansys

_unittest/test_01_Design.py

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ def test_14_get_nominal_variation(self):
         assert self.aedtapp.get_nominal_variation() != [] or self.aedtapp.get_nominal_variation() is not None
 
     def test_15a_duplicate_design(self):
+        self.aedtapp.duplicate_design("non_valid1", False)
         self.aedtapp.duplicate_design("myduplicateddesign")
         assert "myduplicateddesign" in self.aedtapp.design_list
         self.aedtapp.delete_design("myduplicateddesign", "NewDesign")
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ def test_29_change_registry_key(self):
         assert not desktop.change_registry_key("test_key", 2.0)
 
     def test_30_object_oriented(self):
+        self.aedtapp["my_oo_variable"] = "15mm"
         # self.aedtapp.set_active_design("myname")
         assert self.aedtapp.get_oo_name(self.aedtapp.oproject, "Variables")
         assert self.aedtapp.get_oo_name(self.aedtapp.odesign, "Variables")

_unittest/test_07_Object3D.py

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ def test_24_filter_faces_by_area(self):
         if faces_greater_equal:
             for face_object in faces_greater_equal:
                 for face in face_object:
-                    assert (face.area - 100) >= 1e-12
+                    assert (face.area - 100) >= -1e-12
 
         faces_smaller_equal = []
         for obj in self.aedtapp.modeler.object_list:
@@ -447,21 +447,21 @@ def test_24_filter_faces_by_area(self):
 
         faces_greater = []
         for obj in self.aedtapp.modeler.object_list:
-            if obj.faces_by_area(100):
-                faces_greater.append(obj.faces_by_area(100, ">"))
+            if obj.faces_by_area(99):
+                faces_greater.append(obj.faces_by_area(99, ">"))
         if faces_greater:
             for face_object in faces_greater:
                 for face in face_object:
-                    assert (face.area - 100) > 1e-12
+                    assert (face.area - 99) > 0
 
         faces_smaller = []
         for obj in self.aedtapp.modeler.object_list:
-            if obj.faces_by_area(100):
-                faces_smaller.append(obj.faces_by_area(100, "<"))
+            if obj.faces_by_area(105):
+                faces_smaller.append(obj.faces_by_area(105, "<"))
         if faces_smaller:
             for face_object in faces_smaller:
                 for face in face_object:
-                    assert (face.area - 100) < 1e-12
+                    assert (face.area - 105) < 0
 
         if not is_ironpython:
             with pytest.raises(ValueError):

pyaedt/application/Design.py

@@ -2922,7 +2922,7 @@ def copy_design_from(self, project_fullname, design_name):
         return new_designname
 
     @pyaedt_function_handler()
-    def duplicate_design(self, label):
+    def duplicate_design(self, label, save_after_duplicate=True):
         """Copy a design to a new name.
 
         The new name consists of the original
@@ -2933,6 +2933,9 @@ def duplicate_design(self, label):
         ----------
         label : str
             Name of the design to copy.
+        save_after_duplicate : bool, optional
+            Save project after the duplication is completed. If ``False``, pyaedt objects like boundaries will not be
+            available.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -2960,6 +2963,9 @@ def duplicate_design(self, label):
         self.design_name = newname
         self._close_edb()
         AedtObjects.__init__(self, is_inherithed=True)
+        if save_after_duplicate:
+            self.oproject.Save()
+            self._project_dictionary = None
         return True
 
     @pyaedt_function_handler()

pyaedt/modeler/Object3d.py

@@ -2628,16 +2628,16 @@ def faces_by_area(self, area, area_filter="==", tolerance=1e-12):
                 if abs(face.area - area) < tolerance:
                     faces.append(face)
             if area_filter == ">=":
-                if (face.area - area) >= tolerance:
+                if (face.area - area) >= -tolerance:
                     faces.append(face)
             if area_filter == "<=":
                 if (face.area - area) <= tolerance:
                     faces.append(face)
             if area_filter == ">":
-                if (face.area - area) > tolerance:
+                if (face.area - area) > 0:
                     faces.append(face)
             if area_filter == "<":
-                if (face.area - area) < tolerance:
+                if (face.area - area) < 0:
                     faces.append(face)
 
         return faces

pyaedt/modules/Boundary.py

@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ def update(self):
             self._app.oboundary.SetSBRTxRxSettings(self._get_args())  # pragma: no cover
         elif self.type == "Floquet Port":
             self._app.oboundary.EditFloquetPort(self._boundary_name, self._get_args())  # pragma: no cover
-        elif self.type == "EndConnection":
+        elif self.type == "End Connection":
             self._app.oboundary.EditEndConnection(self._boundary_name, self._get_args())
         else:
             return False  # pragma: no cover