Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

Chapter 13: Creating Geometry Displays

A geometry display is a display of your model's geometric features (keypoints, areas, nodes, elements,
loads, etc.). This is the kind of display that you might produce during the model-generation and load-
definition phases of your analysis. This figure shows a typical geometry display:

Many ANSYS users find that the most convenient way to create and control geometry displays is by
using the functions available under Utility Menu> Plot and Utility Menu> PlotCtrls. Alternatively, you
can use graphics action and control commands, as described in the following subsections.

The following geometry display topics are available:

13.1. Creating Displays of Solid-Model Entities

13.2. Changing the Specifications for Your Geometry Displays

13.1. Commands for Displaying Solid-Model Entities

The following commands create displays of solid-model entities:

Table 13.1: Commands for Displaying Solid-Model Entities

Com- GUI Menu Paths Purpose

mand

APLOT Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Displays a plot of areas

Operate> Show Degeneracy> Plot Degen

Areas

Utility Menu> Plot> Areas

Utility Menu> Plot> Specified Entities>

Areas

EPLOT Utility Menu> Plot> Elements Displays a plot of elements

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