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 # set\_scope

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#### VolumeControl.set\_scope(scope)

Sets the scope for volume control to evaluate.

Volume control uses scope to evaluate entities for which volume mesh needs to be generated.

- **Parameters:**
    
    **scope**: ScopeDefinition to scope entities for volume mesh generation.
- **Returns:**
    
    [`SetScopeResults`](ansys.meshing.prime.SetScopeResults.md#ansys.meshing.prime.SetScopeResults): Returns a SetScopeResults.
- **Return type:**
    
    [`SetScopeResults`](ansys.meshing.prime.SetScopeResults.md#ansys.meshing.prime.SetScopeResults)

### Examples

```pycon
&gt;&gt;&gt; volume_control.set_scope(prime.ScopeDefinition(model=model,
&gt;&gt;&gt;                        entity_type = ScopeEntity.VOLUMES,
&gt;&gt;&gt;                        evaluation_type = ScopeEvaluationType.ZONES,
&gt;&gt;&gt;                        zone_expression = "vol_in"))

```