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+# Coplanar faces
+
+# create mesh
+from mechanic import *
+
+faceID = mesh.GetElementsByType(SMESH.FACE)[0]
+# get all faces co-planar to the first face with tolerance 5 degrees
+filter = smesh_builder.GetFilter(SMESH.FACE, SMESH.FT_CoplanarFaces,faceID,Tolerance=5.0)
+ids = mesh.GetIdsFromFilter(filter)
+print("Number of faces coplanar with the first one:", len(ids))