This would reset the picking window so we could click on the desired command again and successfully get the needed picking window. Earlier versions had a fix implemented which was somewhat primitive: while in the ANSYS session, simultaneously press Control-Shift-Delete. to create the Mechanical APDL user interface. My understanding is this is due to a glitch in the Tcl/Tk GUI language used by ANSYS, Inc. No matter how many times you click on the command, you won’t get the needed picking window. If you have spent a lot of time working interactively in ANSYS Mechanical APDL, you have probably encountered the scenario in which you click on a command that is supposed to activate a picking window, but no picking window shows up. Note that Powergraphics needs to be on for this to work.

The fix for that is to set the number of facets to 2 (or even 4) on the /EFACET command. The default, however, is to not include midside noded results in listings or plots and to only give one facet per element edge in results plots. If you are running with mid-side noded elements, you’ll most likely want to include results for the midside nodes, and also make results plots which include any curvature of the element edges. If you are running ANSYS from the command line, you can use the –d 3D option after the ANSYS executable specification. To active this option from the Mechanical APDL Product Launcher, go to the Customization/Preferences Tab and change the Graphics Device Name to 3D. For some users, switching to this option is like getting a color TV after years of watching just black and white. The big difference is that you’ll see a shaded image of your model during dynamic manipulation of the view, rather than shaded > wireframe while rotating > shaded. This command tells ANSYS Mechanical APDL to use your computer’s video card to control dynamic rotations of your model, rather than use software to rotate the model. Hot Spots for Picking and Press and Holdĥ. The ten most important things every user shoudl know are:Ĥ.

And through the years we have discovered that there are some simple, basic, but important things every MAPDL users needs to know. Providing tech support to users of Mechanical APDL gives us a wide exposure to a varied set of users.

Vglue command ansys apdl