Mechanical APDL Basic Analysis Guide

18.3. Using the DISPLAY Program to View and Translate Neutral Graphics Files

After you have created a neutral graphics file, you can use the stand-alone DISPLAY program to view
static or animated screen images, or to translate your file into the appropriate format for printing,
plotting, or exporting to word processing and desktop publishing programs. The DISPLAY program
creates images directly by using information from a .GRPH file created in a previous session.

DISPLAY supports all Linux screen devices and printers that the program supports. It also supports
Windows-compatible screen devices and printers and the following hard copy formats:

• Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language (HPGLx)


• PostScript (version 1.0 minimally conforming)


• Metafile Format (WMF or EMF)


• Interleaf ASCII Format (OPS Version 4.0)


• ASCII Text Dump

18.3.1. Getting Started with the DISPLAY Program

The DISPLAY program runs independently. From Windows, click on the Start button and select Pro-
grams>ANSYS 15.0> Display Utility. From a Linux prompt, issue the command display150 or
xdisplay150 for a GUI similar to the Windows DISPLAY program. You can specify any or all of the
following commands options:

Job-

name

-j

-d Device_Type

Read /

Noread

-s

These options function exactly as they do within the program. The DISPLAY program does not support
the memory (-m), database (-db), batch (-b), menu (-g), language (-l), product (-p), version (-v),
and parameter specification options.

DISPLAY does support the redirection of standard input and output. For example, in the C (csh) shell,
the following statement is valid:

display150 -d X11 -j demo <demo.dat>& demo.out &

To streamline your use of the DISPLAY program during presentations and demonstrations, you might
want to create a start150.dsp file containing any valid DISPLAY commands that you would want
to execute automatically at start-up. (Use an external text editor to create start150.DSP.)

The program reads the first start150.dsp file it finds in the following search paths:

• the working directory


• your home directory


• the APDL directory

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