Selecting face of joined mesh

compas
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I’m interested in using the mesh_select_face()
https://compas-dev.github.io/main/api/generated/compas_rhino.helpers.mesh_select_face.html?highlight=select_face#compas_rhino.helpers.mesh_select_face

The mesh whose face I need to select has joined faces created by setting MeshArtist Join value to True

In this case the option to hold down Ctrl+Shift+Click to sub select the face of the joined mesh is not possible. The selection seems to works only when the mesh is split.

Currently I am using a RhinoCommon method to select the face, from which I get the guid.
But I primarily want to retrieve the face Id of the selected mesh face as the mesh_select_face() command would return

I have also referred the source script of Face_selector
https://compas-dev.github.io/main/_modules/compas_rhino/selectors/faceselector.html#FaceSelector.select_face

Wondering if its possible to select a face of a mesh with joined faces through compas.
Thanks in advance

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no, “keys” of faces can only be retrieved if you use MeshArtist.draw_faces with join_faces=False, which is the default.

if the faces are joined into one mesh, the current identification mechanism will not work because then there is no possibility of assigning a name to the individual faces…

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understood, thank you