Tuple Concatenation Error in create_group Method on PyAEDT 0.9.11

[mchoi327]

Description:

@lorenzovecchietti , @Samuelopez-ansys , In PyAEDT version 0.9.11 (Icepak), I encountered an issue when trying to group multiple objects using modeler.create_group. The function works correctly in version 0.9.9, but after updating to 0.9.11, it throws an error related to concatenating lists and tuples.

Steps to Reproduce:

Use PyAEDT 0.9.11.
Create multiple objects (in my case, PS boxes) and attempt to group them using modeler.create_group(objects=ps_boxes, group_name=ps_group_name).
The error occurs when trying to group a list of objects into a group.

Example code that triggers the error
ps_group_name = f"PS_Group_2"
ps_group = ipk.modeler.create_group(objects=ps_boxes, group_name=ps_group_name)

Error Log:
PyAEDT ERROR: Method arguments:
PyAEDT ERROR: objects = ['PS_0_2', 'PS_0_2_8', 'PS_0_2_9', ... ]
PyAEDT ERROR: group_name = PS_Group_2
PyAEDT ERROR: **************************************************************
PS boxes grouped as: False
PyAEDT ERROR: **************************************************************
...
PyAEDT ERROR: File "c:\Users\Mingeun\Anaconda3\envs\ansys_test\Lib\site-packages\pyaedt\modeler\cad\Primitives.py", line 5607, in create_group
PyAEDT ERROR: Can only concatenate list (not "tuple") to list on create_group

Environment:

PyAEDT Version: 0.9.11**
Python Version: 3.12.3
This code worked without issues in PyAEDT version 0.9.9. The problem seems to have arisen after upgrading to 0.9.11.

Expected Behavior:

The create_group method should successfully create a group without raising a tuple concatenation error.

[Samuelopez-ansys]

Hi @mchoi327 ,

I am using Python 3.10 and Pyaedt v0.10.0, and it works for me:

from ansys.aedt.core import Icepak

aedtapp = Icepak(version="2024.2")

solids = ["Box1", "Box2"]

ps_group_name = f"PS_Group_2"

ps_group = aedtapp.modeler.create_group(objects=solids, group_name=ps_group_name)


aedtapp.release_desktop(False, False)

[mchoi327]

Thanks. I confirmed with PyAEDT v0.10.0.