getattr(solver.tui, "switch_to_meshing_mode") gives menu not found error when a case has been read

[millerj97]

🔍 Before submitting the issue

• I have searched among the existing issues
• I am using a Python virtual environment

🐞 Description of the bug

hidden command "switch_to_meshing_mode" is working when no case been read in the current session and returns expected value

If a case has been read in the session, the below error is generated in pyfluent;

>>> getattr(solver.tui, "switch_to_meshing_mode")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File ".env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansys/fluent/core/services/datamodel_tui.py", line 378, in __getattribute__
    ).get_child_names():
  File ".env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansys/fluent/core/services/datamodel_tui.py", line 241, in get_child_names
    return self._service.get_attribute_value(
  File ".env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansys/fluent/core/services/datamodel_tui.py", line 167, in get_attribute_value
    response = self._impl.get_attribute_value(request)
  File ".env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansys/fluent/core/services/datamodel_tui.py", line 71, in get_attribute_value
    return self._stub.GetAttributeValue(request, metadata=self._metadata)
  File ".env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/grpc/_interceptor.py", line 276, in __call__
    response, ignored_call = self._with_call(
  File ".env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/grpc/_interceptor.py", line 328, in _with_call
    call = self._interceptor.intercept_unary_unary(
  File ".env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansys/fluent/core/services/interceptors.py", line 174, in intercept_unary_unary
    return self._intercept_call(continuation, client_call_details, request)
  File ".env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansys/fluent/core/services/interceptors.py", line 164, in _intercept_call
    raise new_ex from None
ValueError: menu not found

in pyconsole, this just returns None

📝 Steps to reproduce

• launch pyfluent solver session
• read any case
• run command getattr(solver.tui, "switch_to_meshing_mode")
• see error
• repeat in pyconsole and see None
• repeat without a case read and see expected output

💻 Which operating system are you using?

Linux

📀 Which ANSYS version are you using?

No response

🐍 Which Python version are you using?

3.10

📦 Installed packages

ansys-api-fluent==0.3.36
ansys-api-platform-instancemanagement==1.1.3
ansys-api-tools-filetransfer==0.1.2
ansys-fluent-core==0.37.0
ansys-platform-instancemanagement==1.1.2
ansys-tools-common==0.3.1
ansys-tools-filetransfer==0.2.0
ansys-tools-local-product-launcher==0.2.0
ansys-units==0.9.1
appdirs==1.4.4
certifi==2025.11.12
charset-normalizer==3.4.4
click==8.3.1
defusedxml==0.7.1
Deprecated==1.3.1
docker==7.1.0
googleapis-common-protos==1.72.0
grpcio==1.76.0
grpcio-health-checking==1.62.3
grpcio-status==1.62.3
idna==3.11
importlib_metadata==8.7.0
joblib==1.5.2
nltk==3.9.2
numpy==2.2.6
pandas==2.3.3
platformdirs==4.5.0
protobuf==4.25.8
pyansys-tools-report==0.9.0
python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
pytz==2025.2
PyYAML==6.0.3
regex==2025.11.3
requests==2.32.5
scooby==0.11.0
six==1.17.0
tqdm==4.67.1
typing_extensions==4.15.0
tzdata==2025.2
urllib3==2.5.0
wrapt==2.0.1
zipp==3.23.0