Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys
Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys
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Chapter 10: Getting Started with Graphics<br />
available for display. (You also can choose the type of plots via the /GCMD command, as described below.)<br />
All entity types except GRPH are on by default; to turn an entity type off, click on it.<br />
If you use the /GTYPE command, for the WN argument, either specify ALL to have all windows display the<br />
selected entities or choose a specific window number (default is window 1). For Label, specify any of these<br />
entity types:<br />
• NODE (nodes)<br />
• ELEM (elements)<br />
• KEYP (keypoints)<br />
• LINE (lines)<br />
• AREA (areas)<br />
• VOLU (volumes)<br />
• GRPH (graph displays)<br />
When the GRPH entity type is activated, you can display only x-y graphs, and you cannot use the /GCMD<br />
command to issue other commands (such as /TYPE) that affect displays. (For more information about /GCMD,<br />
see the Command Reference and Choosing the Display Used for Plots (p. 226) of this manual) If the GRPH type<br />
is off, you can display any combination of the other solid model or finite element entity types, and you can<br />
use /GCMD to issue other display control commands.<br />
To turn an entity type on via the /GTYPE command, use a KEY value of 1. To turn an entity type off, specify<br />
a KEY of 0.<br />
10.6.3. Choosing the Display Used for Plots<br />
When you are displaying either the ELEM or GRPH entity type, you can control the type of element or graph<br />
display used for plots. To do so, use either of the following:<br />
Command(s): /GCMD,WN,Lab1,...Lab12<br />
GUI: Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Multi-Plot Controls<br />
You can specify ALL to have all windows use the selected display type, or you can apply that display type<br />
only to a specific window (default is window 1). The Lab1 through Lab12 values shown above are labels<br />
for commands such as /TYPE and PLNSOL,S,X. (For the Lab arguments, you can specify only commands<br />
that have WN (window) arguments.)<br />
Issuing the /GCMD command is the same as choosing the GUI path shown above, then choosing either<br />
Entity plots or Graph plots for the Display Type field.<br />
Following are two command-based examples of selecting a type of element or graph display.<br />
• To display a PLNSOL,S,X command in window 1 when the ELEM entity type is activated, issue the<br />
command /GCMD,1,PLNS,S,X.<br />
• To change from an element display to a von Mises display, issue the command /GCMD,1,PLNS,S,EQV.<br />
10.6.4. Displaying Selected Entities<br />
To display the entities you selected, issue the GPLOT command (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Multi-Plots or<br />
Utility Menu> Plot> Replot).<br />
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