From b166e8b27074492bdf95ef0e5a44ee29f71cc079 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:56:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] fix: using MAPDL calls only to get the nodes in
 coordinate systems

---
 src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py
index 5130ec6c5f8..01352a1e964 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py
@@ -545,7 +545,32 @@ def nodes_in_coordinate_system(self, CS_id):
         if CS_id == 0:
             return self.nodes
         else:
-            self._mapdl.parameters["__node_loc__"] = self.nodes
+            # self._mapdl.parameters["__node_loc__"] = self.nodes
+            mapdl.starget("__nnodes__", entity="NODE", entnum="0", item1="COUNT")
+            mapdl.dim(par="__node_loc_cs__", type_="ARRAY", imax="__nnodes__", jmax=3)
+
+            mapdl.starvget(
+                "__node_loc_cs__(1,1)",
+                entity="NODE",
+                entnum="0",
+                item1="LOC",
+                it1num="X",
+            )
+            mapdl.starvget(
+                "__node_loc_cs__(1,2)",
+                entity="NODE",
+                entnum="0",
+                item1="LOC",
+                it1num="Y",
+            )
+            mapdl.starvget(
+                "__node_loc_cs__(1,3)",
+                entity="NODE",
+                entnum="0",
+                item1="LOC",
+                it1num="Z",
+            )
+
             self._mapdl.vfun("__node_loc_cs__", "local", "__node_loc__", CS_id)
             return self._mapdl.parameters["__node_loc_cs__"]
 

From ea925c29fb8dd2c0f908c7acdef69149958b423c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pyansys-ci-bot <92810346+pyansys-ci-bot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:38:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] chore: adding changelog file 3792.added.md
 [dependabot-skip]

---
 doc/changelog.d/3792.added.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/changelog.d/3792.added.md

diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/3792.added.md b/doc/changelog.d/3792.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3adff40767b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/3792.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+perf: using MAPDL calls only to get the nodes in coordinate systems
\ No newline at end of file

From c61e0f2296b5e87763e9096cd9813ed2f9e25be1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:05:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] fix: update MAPDL calls to use instance methods for node
 location retrieval

---
 src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py
index 01352a1e964..6156daac066 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py
@@ -546,24 +546,26 @@ def nodes_in_coordinate_system(self, CS_id):
             return self.nodes
         else:
             # self._mapdl.parameters["__node_loc__"] = self.nodes
-            mapdl.starget("__nnodes__", entity="NODE", entnum="0", item1="COUNT")
-            mapdl.dim(par="__node_loc_cs__", type_="ARRAY", imax="__nnodes__", jmax=3)
+            self._mapdl.starget("__nnodes__", entity="NODE", entnum="0", item1="COUNT")
+            self._mapdl.dim(
+                par="__node_loc_cs__", type_="ARRAY", imax="__nnodes__", jmax=3
+            )
 
-            mapdl.starvget(
+            self._mapdl.starvget(
                 "__node_loc_cs__(1,1)",
                 entity="NODE",
                 entnum="0",
                 item1="LOC",
                 it1num="X",
             )
-            mapdl.starvget(
+            self._mapdl.starvget(
                 "__node_loc_cs__(1,2)",
                 entity="NODE",
                 entnum="0",
                 item1="LOC",
                 it1num="Y",
             )
-            mapdl.starvget(
+            self._mapdl.starvget(
                 "__node_loc_cs__(1,3)",
                 entity="NODE",
                 entnum="0",

From 5a78abcc14d1f02944b763fdc905da68ca16b487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: German <28149841+germa89@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:38:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] fix: replace starget with get for node count retrieval in
 MeshGrpc

---
 src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py
index 6156daac066..e64065343af 100644
--- a/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py
+++ b/src/ansys/mapdl/core/mesh_grpc.py
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ def nodes_in_coordinate_system(self, CS_id):
             return self.nodes
         else:
             # self._mapdl.parameters["__node_loc__"] = self.nodes
-            self._mapdl.starget("__nnodes__", entity="NODE", entnum="0", item1="COUNT")
+            self._mapdl.get("__nnodes__", entity="NODE", entnum="0", item1="COUNT")
             self._mapdl.dim(
                 par="__node_loc_cs__", type_="ARRAY", imax="__nnodes__", jmax=3
             )