The commands in this table are used to control the graphics of the ANSYS program. A brief description of each command is given, along with the page number where the complete command definition can be found. The commands are grouped by functionality.
These GRAPHICS commands are used for general graphics control, such as window set up, color settings, specifications saving, etc.
/CMAP Changes an existing or creates a new color mapping table.
/COLOR Specifies the color mapping for various items.
/DEVICE Controls graphics device options.
DSYS Activates a display coordinate system for
geometry listings and
plots.
/DV3D Sets 3-D device option modes.
/ERASE Specifies that the screen is to be erased before each display.
ERASE Explicitly erases the current display.
/GCMD Controls the type of element or graph display used for the GPLOT command.
/GFILE Specifies the pixel resolution on Z-buffered graphics files.
GPLOT Controls general plotting.
/GRAPHICS Defines type of graphics display to be used for element plots.
/GRESUME Sets graphics settings to the settings on a file.
/GSAVE Saves graphics settings to a file for later use.
/GTYPE Controls the entities that the GPLOT command displays.
HPGL Specifies various HP options.
IMMED Allows immediate display of a model as it is generated.
/MREP Enables you to reissue the graphics command macro "name" during a replot or zoom operation.
/NOERASE Prevents the screen erase between displays.
/PCOPY Generates hard copies automatically (device dependent).
PSCR Specifies various PostScript options.
/PSTATUS Displays the global or window display specifications.
/REPLOT Automatically reissues the last display command for convenience.
/RESET Resets display specifications to their initial defaults.
/SEG Allows graphics data to be stored in the local terminal memory.
/SHOW Specifies the device and other parameters for graphics displays.
/WINDOW Defines the window size on the screen.
These GRAPHICS commands are used to control the view of the model.
/ANGLE Rotates the display about an axis.
/AUTO Resets the focus and distance specifications
to "automatically
calculated."
/DIST Specifies the viewing distance for magnifications and perspective.
/FOCUS Specifies the focus point (center of the window).
/USER Conveniently resets /FOCUS and /DIST to USER.
/VCONE Defines the view cone angle for perspective displays.
/VIEW Defines the viewing direction for the display.
/VUP Specifies the global Cartesian coordinate system
reference
orientation.
/ZOOM Zooms a region of a display window.
These GRAPHICS commands are used to scale various parts of the display.
/DSCALE Sets the displacement multiplier for displacement displays.
/RATIO Distorts the object geometry.
/SHRINK Shrinks elements, lines, areas, and volumes for display clarity.
/SSCALE Sets the contour multiplier for topographic displays.
/VSCALE Scales the length of displayed vectors.
These GRAPHICS commands are used to change the way a model is displayed.
/CPLANE Specifies the cutting plane for section and capped displays.
/CTYPE Specifies the type of contour display.
/EDGE Displays only the "edges" of an object.
/ESHAPE Displays elements with shapes determined from the real constants.
/FACET Specifies the facet representation used to
form solid model
displays.
/GLINE Specifies the element outline style.
/LIGHT Specifies the light direction for the display window.
/NORMAL Allows displaying area elements by top or bottom faces.
/SHADE Defines the type of surface shading used with Z-buffering.
/TRLCY Specifies the level of translucency.
/TYPE Defines the type of display.
These GRAPHICS commands are used to add helpful labels and symbols to displays.
/CLABEL Specifies contour labeling.
/CONTOUR Specifies the uniform contour values on stress displays.
/CVAL Specifies non-uniform contour values on stress displays.
/GFORMAT Specifies the format for the graphical display of numbers.
/NUMBER Specifies whether numbers, colors, or both are used for displays.
/PBC Shows boundary condition symbols and values on displays.
/PBF Shows body force loads as contours on displays.
/PLOPTS Controls graphics options on subsequent displays.
/PNUM Controls entity numbering/coloring on plots.
/PSF Shows surface load symbols on model displays.
/PSYMB Shows various symbols on displays.
/TRIAD Shows the global XYZ coordinate triad on displays.
These GRAPHICS commands are used to control the way line graphs are displayed.
/AXLAB Labels the X and Y axes on graph displays.
/GRID Selects the type of grid on graph displays.
/GROPT Sets various line graph display options.
/GRTYP Selects single or multiple Y-axes graph displays.
/GTHK Sets line thicknesses for graph lines.
/XRANGE Specifies a linear abscissa (X) scale range.
/YRANGE Specifies a linear ordinate (Y) scale range.
These GRAPHICS commands are used to annotate a display with notes and symbols.
/ANNOT Activates graphics for annotating displays (GUI).
/ANUM Specifies the annotation number, type, and hot spot (GUI).
/LARC Creates annotation arcs (GUI).
/LINE Creates annotation lines (GUI).
/LSPEC Specifies annotation line attributes (GUI).
/LSYMBOL Creates annotation symbols (GUI).
/PCIRCLE Creates an annotation circle (GUI).
/PMORE Creates an annotation polygon (GUI).
/POLYGON Creates annotation polygons (GUI).
/PSPEC Creates annotation polygon attributes (GUI).
/PWEDGE Creates an annotation wedge (GUI).
/TLABEL Creates annotation text (GUI).
/TSPEC Creates annotation text attributes (GUI).