Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys

10.4.1. Adjusting Input Focus
To enable the display, meshing, and listing interrupts to work correctly, you must set the input focus in the
text window from which the ANSYS program is executing. You can set the focus in either of two ways:
• Position the mouse pointer within the text window. (Use this method only if the window manager sets
the focus automatically.)
• Place the mouse pointer on the text window and click the mouse button.
10.4.2. Deactivating Backing Store
When you are using the X11 graphics driver on Sun SPARC systems, backing store is turned on by default.
For faster graphics response turn backing store off by issuing the command shown below:
setenv ANSBACK 0
10.4.3. Setting Up IBM RS/6000 3-D OpenGL Supported Graphics Adapters
For 3-D OpenGL, initialize the window manager using the command below:
xinit -- -x abx -x dbx -x glx
3-D OpenGL does not apply to Sabine, GT4E, and GT0 graphics adapters.
10.4.4. Displaying X11 Graphics over Networks
You can display X11 graphics within the ANSYS program over the network if the following conditions exist:
• All computer systems have X11 software installed.
• The ANSYS program is linked with the X11 driver.
• A /SHOW device type of x11 or x11c is used. (You can use either uppercase or lowercase characters to
specify device types.)
• The /etc/hosts file on the host machine contains the hostname and the IP address of the remote
machine.
• The environment variable DISPLAY is set to Hostname:0.0, where Hostname is either the host name
or the IP address of the machine that will display the graphics.
For example, suppose that you want to run the ANSYS program remotely from another UNIX system for
local display of X11 graphics on your workstation monitor. You would perform these steps:
1. Open a window on your workstation and issue the following command to authorize remote hosts to
access the display:
/usr/bin/X11/xhost +
2. Log onto a remote host (via Telnet, login, etc.). Type the following command or commands to tell the
remote host to display X11 graphics on your workstation.
C Shell:
setenv DISPLAY Your_Workstation:0.0
Bourne or Korn Shell:
10.4.4. Displaying X11 Graphics over Networks
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