* * BEGINNERS GUIDE TO ANSYS COMMANDS * The symbol * corresponds to the following: * -> k, l, a, v, e, n, cm, et, mp, r where => k -> Keypoints l -> Lines a -> Area v -> Volumes e -> Elementsn -> Nodes cm -> component et -> element type mp -> material property r -> real constant $ -> d, f, sf, bf, ic, where => d -> DOF constraint (ux. in Structural, Temp in thermal, f -> Force Load ( Heat in thermal) sf -> Surface load on nodesbf -> Body Force on Nodes More Commands can be generated by sensible combinations of $* family of commands. See the following list of $* possible options $* -> dk -> DOF constraints on KP (Vx,Vy,Pres. in CFD) dl -> DOF constraints on Lines da -> DOF constraints on Areas fk -> Force on Keypoints sfl -> Surface load on Lines sfa -> Surface load on Areas sfe -> Surface load on element faces bfk -> Body Force on Keypoints bfl -> Body Force on Lines bfa -> Body Force on Area bfv -> Body Force on Volumes bfe -> Body Force on Elements ic -> Initial Conditions ,p -> If ,p was issued at the end of the Command(in Input Window) the GUI based picking menu will be activated. Useful for listing, plotting, meshing, deleting, etc. * 1. Listing of picked Entities: COMMAND SYNTAX: *LIS,p & $*LIS,p A few Combinations of this command are:klis,p -> List KP llis,p -> Lists Lines alis,p -> Lists Areas vlis,p -> Lists Volumes elis,p -> Lists Elements nlis,p -> Lists Nodes cmlis,p -> Lists componentscslis,p -> Lists user created local co-ordinate systems dlis,p -> Lists DOF constraints specfied on nodes dalis,p -> Lists DOF constraints applied on Areas flis,p -> Lists force on Nodes sfllis,p -> Lists Surface Load on lines bfalis,p -> Lists body force load applied on Areas iclis,p -> Lists Initial condition on Nodes If ,p was not issued, all entites currently selected will be listed. For certain commands ,p cannot be issued. See the below mentioned commands etlis -> Lists the different element types definedmplis -> Lists whatever Material propertiesrlis -> Lists whatever real constants cslis -> Lists all co-ordinate systems cmlis -> Lists all components * 2. Plotting of Entities: COMMAND SYNTAX: *plo KPLO / LPLO / APLO / VPLO / EPLO / NPLO / CMPLO /* 3. deleting of Entities: COMMAND SYNTAX: *DEL,p & $*DEL,p KDEL,p / LDEL,p / ADEL,p / VDEL,p / EDEL,p / NDEL,p / CMDEL,p / DDEL,p / DKDEL,p / DADEL,p / FDEL,p / SFDEL,p / SFEDEL,p / SFADEL,p / SFLDEL,p / BFADEL,p / . The syntax for this command is very similar to LISTING command.* 4. distance between two entities: COMMAND SYNTAX: *DIS,p ndis,p -> Distance between two nodes kdis,p -> Distance between two KPs * 5. Meshing of geometries: COMMAND SYNTAX: *MES,p KMES,p / LMES,p / AMES,p / VMES,p * 6. Size settings for Lines and Areas before meshing :COMMAND SYNTAX : *size,p Lesiz,p / Aesize,p * 7. Clearing Meshes of already meshed geometries: COMMAND SYNTAX: *CLE,p KCLE,p / LCLE,p / ACLE,p / VCLE,p * 8. BOOLEAN Operations: IntersectCOMMAND SYNTAX : *IN* AINA,p / VINV,p / LINL,p / AINV,p / LINV,p / LINA,p* 9. BOOLEAN Operations: GLUE COMMAND SYNTAX : *GLUE VGLUE,p / AGLUE,p / LGLUE,p * 10. Boolean Operations: SUBTRACT/DIVIDE: COMMAND SYNTAX: *sb*,p See the following examples to understand how this works: asba,p -> Subtract Area from Area asbl,p -> Divide Area by line vsba,p -> Divide volume by Area lsbw,p -> Divide line by Workplane vsbw,p -> Divide volume by Workplane asbw,p -> Divide area by Workplane vsbv,p -> subtract Volume by another volume More combinations exist. The user needs to explore them for themselves -> forms a part of learning * 11. Boolean Operations: Overlap: COMMAND SYNTAX: *OVLAP,p AOVLAP,p / VOVLAP,p *