Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide - Ansys

Chapter 18: External Graphics
mottling and pallet limitations found on other formats, while still retaining excellent compression performance.
ANSYS creates PNG files with the assistance of the following LIBPNG and ZLIB packages:
LIBPNG version 1.0.5 - October 1999
Copyright 1995, 1996, Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc.
Copyright 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger
Copyright 1998, 1999 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
ZLIB Version 1.1.3
Copyright 1995 - 1998 Jean Loup Gailly and Mark Adler.
You can also create exportable graphics by selecting Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Redirect Plots. In addition
to the page layout and configuration options found in the Graphics Hard Copy dialog box, this method
provides additional position, resolution and scaling options. When you use this option, the output functions
for most of these formats are controlled from within ANSYS, instead of by the operating system. This selection
also provides HPGL (plotter) and VRML 3-D rendering output, along with screen dump and animation options.
Note
The Redirect Plots export defaults to raster mode, even if vector is the prescribed /DEVICE mode.
Ensure that the checkbox in the dialog box is checked for the desired output.
You can also export Windows Metafiles directly from ANSYS (Windows systems only) by selecting Utility
Menu> PlotCtrls> Write Metafile. The subsequent dialog boxes provide limited page layout and configuration
options.
Because most of the export methods listed above use the system's video output to generate the file format,
they will not work unless you are in interactive mode. If you are not in interactive mode, and you want to
export any of the above graphics types, use the /SHOW command. This method allows you to generate
output files when you run your analysis from a batch file. The Courier and Helvetica font files used for text
output within the JPEG, PNG and TIFF batch outputs are not accessed from your operating system. Permission
to use these files is granted by Adobe Systems, Inc. and Digital Equipment Corp. in association with these
functions only.
18.1.3. Printing Graphics in UNIX
You can print to a post script printer from within ANSYS. Selecting Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Hard Copy
displays the PS Hard Copy dialog box. Print options, including page layout, reverse video and grey scale are
available from this dialog box.
The Reverse Video option affects only the background of the display. The black background provided in the
ANSYS graphics window is often unsuitable for printing. Selecting Reverse Video will present the graphics
on a white background. Contour colors and other colors selected from the ANSYS palette are unaffected by
this option.
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