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Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys

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Chapter 10: Getting Started with Graphics<br />

Environment Variable<br />

ANS_SNGLBUF<br />

Affected<br />

Driver<br />

3-D<br />

Description/Example<br />

Disables double buffering. Applies to HP and SGI 12-bit<br />

plane systems only.<br />

10.3. Specifying the Graphics Display Device Type (for Windows)<br />

For Windows users, ANSYS supports these drivers and capabilities:<br />

• A window device<br />

• Hot keyboard/mouse<br />

• Two- or three-button mouse<br />

• Hidden line removal<br />

• Light source shading<br />

Note<br />

On a two-button mouse, the shift-right button functions like the middle button of a three-button<br />

mouse.<br />

If you are running the program on Windows platforms, you have three alternatives for specifying the<br />

graphics device type:<br />

• Double-click on the Interactive icon in the ANSYS Program Folder. Click on the down arrow next to<br />

Graphics device name and choose the appropriate device.<br />

• Within the ANSYS program, issue the ANSYS /SHOW command (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Device Options).<br />

• Include the device type on the ANSYS execution command line. The command option -d or -D must<br />

precede the device type, as shown below:<br />

ansys130 -d device_type<br />

The device type is one of the following:<br />

– WIN32<br />

– WIN32c<br />

– 3D<br />

We recommend using a color setting higher than 256 colors.<br />

Specifying an invalid device type causes ANSYS to divert the graphics to a disk file and inhibits the opening<br />

of the ANSYS menu system, even if you included the -g option on the ANSYS execution command.<br />

10.4. System-Dependent Graphics Information<br />

This section describes factors affecting how ANSYS graphics display on different hardware systems. You<br />

should read this information before you activate the ANSYS graphical user interface.<br />

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Release 13.0 - © SAS IP, Inc. All rights reserved. - Contains proprietary and confidential information<br />

of ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates.

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