2. A

NSY

S B

asic

s

3. A

NSY

S B

asic

s

�In

this

cha

pter

, we

will

dis

cuss

the

basi

cs o

f how

to e

nter

and

ex

it A

NSY

S, h

ow to

use

the

GU

I and

on-

line

help

, and

the

data

base

and

file

s cr

eate

d by

AN

SYS.

�To

pics

Cov

ered

:A

. St

artin

g A

NSY

SB

. Th

e G

UI

C.

Gra

phic

s &

Pic

king

D.

On-

Line

Hel

pE.

The

Dat

abas

e an

d Fi

les

F. E

xitin

g A

NSY

S

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

A.

Star

ting

AN

SYS

�Th

ere

are

two

way

s to

sta

rt A

NSY

S:�

By

Laun

cher

�B

y C

omm

and

Line

Laun

cher

�A

llow

s yo

u to

sta

rt A

NSY

S an

d ot

her

AN

SYS

utili

ties

by p

ress

ing

butto

ns o

n a

men

u.

�O

n U

nix

syst

ems,

issu

e xa

nsys

56 &

to

brin

g up

the

laun

cher

.

�O

n W

indo

ws

syst

ems,

pre

ss S

tart

> Pr

ogra

ms

> AN

SYS

5.6.

Uni

x la

unch

er

Win

dow

s la

unch

er

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...St

artin

g A

NSY

S

Laun

cher

(con

t�d)

�A

utom

atic

ally

brin

gs u

p th

e G

UI (

Gra

phic

al U

ser

Inte

rfac

e) w

hen

AN

SYS

is s

tart

ed in

inte

ract

ive

mod

e.

�A

not

e on

Inte

ract

ive

vs. B

atch

mod

e:�

Inte

ract

ive

mod

e al

low

s yo

u to

inte

ract

�liv

e� w

ith

AN

SYS,

revi

ewin

g ea

ch o

pera

tion

as y

ou g

o.

�B

atch

mod

e w

orks

on

an in

put f

ile o

f com

man

ds a

nd a

llow

s yo

u to

run

AN

SYS

in th

e ba

ckgr

ound

.�

No

live

inte

ract

ion,

ther

efor

e an

y er

rors

in in

put w

ill c

ause

the

batc

h ru

n to

sto

p.�

Bes

t sui

ted

for o

pera

tions

that

don

�t ne

ed u

ser i

nter

actio

n,

such

as

a so

lve.

�W

e w

ill m

ainl

y co

ver i

nter

activ

e m

ode

in th

is c

ours

e.

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...St

artin

g A

NSY

S

Laun

cher

(con

t�d)

�Pr

essi

ng th

e In

tera

ctiv

ebu

tton

on th

e la

unch

er b

rings

up

a di

alog

box

co

ntai

ning

sta

rt-u

p op

tions

, e.g

:�

AN

SYS

prod

uct

�W

orki

ng d

irect

ory

-the

dire

ctor

y in

w

hich

all

files

will

be

stor

ed.

�G

raph

ics

devi

ce -

set t

o 3-

D if

you

ha

ve a

3-D

gra

phic

s de

vice

car

d.

Oth

erw

ise,

set

to X

11 o

n U

nix,

win

32

on W

indo

ws.

�Jo

bnam

e-f

ile n

ame

pref

ix, u

p to

32

char

acte

rs, a

ssig

ned

to a

ll fil

es

prod

uced

by

this

ses

sion

. D

efau

lts to

�f

ile�

or la

st s

peci

fied

nam

e.�

Am

ount

of m

emor

y -d

efau

lt va

lues

sh

ould

suf

fice

in m

ost c

ases

.

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...St

artin

g A

NSY

S

Laun

cher

(con

t�d)

�A

fter c

hoos

ing

the

desi

red

star

t-up

optio

ns, p

ress

the

Run

bu

tton

to s

tart

AN

SYS.

Com

man

d Li

ne

�A

NSY

S is

sta

rted

by

typi

ng a

com

man

d at

the

syst

em le

vel.

Fo

r exa

mpl

e:�

ansy

s56

�an

sys5

6 -g

�an

sys5

6 -g

-j p

late

�an

sys5

6 -g

-p A

NE3

FL -d

3d

-j pr

oj1

-m 1

28

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...St

artin

g A

NSY

S

Com

man

d Li

ne (c

ont�d

)

�Ty

pica

l sta

rt-u

p op

tions

, com

mon

ly k

now

n as

com

man

d lin

e op

tions

, are

:-g

(to a

utom

atic

ally

brin

g up

the

GU

I upo

n st

art-u

p)-p

prod

uct_

code

-dgr

aphi

cs_d

evic

e-j

jobn

ame

-mm

emor

y

�Th

e w

orki

ng d

irect

ory

is th

e di

rect

ory

in w

hich

the

com

man

d is

issu

ed.

�R

efer

to y

our A

NSY

S In

stal

latio

n an

d C

onfig

urat

ion

Gui

defo

r de

tails

on

the

com

man

d lin

e op

tions

.

�En

terin

g A

NSY

S br

ings

up

the

follo

win

g G

UI w

indo

ws:

Inpu

tD

ispl

ays

prog

ram

pr

ompt

mes

sage

s an

d a

text

fiel

d fo

r ty

ping

com

man

ds.

All

prev

ious

ly ty

ped

com

man

ds a

ppea

r for

ea

sy re

fere

nce

and

acce

ss. Mai

n M

enu

Con

tain

s th

e pr

imar

y A

NSY

S fu

nctio

ns,

orga

nize

d by

pr

oces

sors

(p

repr

oces

sor,

solu

tion,

gen

eral

po

stpr

oces

sor,

etc.

)

Out

put

Dis

play

s te

xt o

utpu

t fr

om th

e pr

ogra

m.

It is

usu

ally

pos

ition

ed

behi

nd th

e ot

her

win

dow

s an

d ca

n be

ra

ised

to th

e fr

ont

whe

n ne

cess

ary.

Util

ity M

enu

Con

tain

s fu

nctio

ns

whi

ch a

re a

vaila

ble

thro

ugho

ut th

e A

NSY

S se

ssio

n, s

uch

as fi

le c

ontr

ols,

se

lect

ing,

gra

phic

s co

ntro

ls, p

aram

eter

s,

and

exiti

ng.

Tool

bar

Con

tain

s pu

sh

butto

ns fo

r exe

cutin

g co

mm

only

use

d A

NSY

S co

mm

ands

an

d fu

nctio

ns.

Cus

tom

ized

but

tons

ca

n be

cre

ated

.

Gra

phic

sD

ispl

ays

grap

hics

cr

eate

d in

AN

SYS

or

impo

rted

into

AN

SYS.

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

B.

The

GU

I

Mai

n M

enu

�C

onta

ins

the

mai

n fu

nctio

ns re

quire

d fo

r an

anal

ysis

.

�In

depe

nden

t, �s

ticky

� w

indo

ws

allo

w y

ou to

co

mpl

ete

all n

eces

sary

ste

ps b

efor

e m

ovin

g on

to

the

next

func

tion.

�C

onve

ntio

ns:

���i

ndic

ates

a d

ialo

g bo

x�+

�ind

icat

es g

raph

ical

pic

king

�>�i

ndic

ates

a s

ubm

enu

��(

blan

k) in

dica

tes

an a

ctio

n

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...Th

e G

UI

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...Th

e G

UI

Util

ity M

enu

�C

onta

ins

utili

ties

that

are

gen

eral

ly a

vaila

ble

thro

ugho

ut th

e A

NSY

S se

ssio

n: g

raph

ics,

on-

line

help

, sel

ect l

ogic

, file

co

ntro

ls, e

tc.

�Sa

me

conv

entio

ns a

s M

ain

Men

u:�

���i

ndic

ates

a d

ialo

g bo

x�

�+�i

ndic

ates

gra

phic

al p

icki

ng�

�>�i

ndic

ates

a s

ubm

enu

��

�(bl

ank)

indi

cate

s an

act

ion

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...Th

e G

UI

Inpu

t Win

dow

�A

llow

s yo

u to

ent

er c

omm

ands

. (M

ost G

UI f

unct

ions

act

ually

�s

end�

com

man

ds to

AN

SYS.

If y

ou k

now

thes

e co

mm

ands

, yo

u ca

n ty

pe th

em in

the

Inpu

t Win

dow

.)

�A

lso

used

for p

rom

pts

durin

g gr

aphi

cal p

icki

ng.

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...Th

e G

UI

Tool

bar

�C

onta

ins

abbr

evia

tions

--sh

ort-c

uts

to c

omm

only

use

d co

mm

ands

and

func

tions

.

�A

few

pre

defin

ed a

bbre

viat

ions

are

ava

ilabl

e, b

ut y

ou c

an a

dd

your

ow

n. R

equi

res

know

ledg

e of

AN

SYS

com

man

ds.

�A

pow

erfu

l fea

ture

whi

ch y

ou c

an u

se to

cre

ate

your

ow

n �b

utto

n m

enu�

sys

tem

!

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...Th

e G

UI

Layo

ut

�Th

ree

pred

efin

ed m

enu

layo

uts

are

avai

labl

e (L

aunc

her >

Inte

ract

ive

> G

UI C

onfig

urat

ion)

:�

Inpu

t win

dow

on

left

(def

ault)

�In

put w

indo

w o

n rig

ht�

Inpu

t win

dow

on

botto

m

�Yo

u ca

n al

so c

reat

e yo

ur o

wn

layo

ut a

nd th

en

save

it u

sing

Util

ity M

enu

>M

enuC

trls

> Sa

ve

Men

u La

yout

.�

Uni

x sy

stem

s st

ore

the

layo

ut in

an

ASC

II re

sour

ce fi

le c

alle

d AN

SYS5

6, lo

cate

d in

$H

OM

E.�

Win

dow

s sy

stem

s st

ore

the

layo

ut in

the

syst

em

regi

stry

.

Inpu

t

Inpu

t

Inpu

t

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...Th

e G

UI

Pref

eren

ces

�Th

e Pr

efer

ence

s di

alog

(Mai

n M

enu

> Pr

efer

ence

s) a

llow

s yo

u to

filte

r out

m

enu

choi

ces

that

are

not

app

licab

le

to th

e cu

rren

t ana

lysi

s.

�Fo

r exa

mpl

e, if

you

are

doi

ng a

th

erm

al a

naly

sis,

you

can

cho

ose

to

filte

r out

oth

er d

isci

plin

es, t

here

by

redu

cing

the

num

ber o

f men

u ite

ms

avai

labl

e in

the

GU

I:�

Onl

y th

erm

al e

lem

ent t

ypes

will

be

show

n in

the

elem

ent t

ype

sele

ctio

n di

alog

.�

Onl

y th

erm

al lo

ads

will

be

show

n.�

Etc.

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...Th

e G

UI

Oth

er G

UI N

otes

�So

me

dial

og b

oxes

hav

e bo

th A

pply

and

OK

butto

ns.

�Ap

ply

appl

ies

the

dial

og s

ettin

gs, b

ut re

tain

s (d

oes

not c

lose

) the

di

alog

box

for r

epea

ted

use.

�O

Kap

plie

s th

e di

alog

set

tings

and

clo

ses

the

dial

og b

ox.

�Th

e O

utpu

t Win

dow

is in

depe

nden

t of t

he A

NSY

S m

enus

. C

autio

n: C

losi

ng th

e ou

tput

win

dow

clo

ses

the

entir

e A

NSY

S se

ssio

n!

�R

emem

ber t

hat y

ou a

re n

ot re

stric

ted

to u

sing

the

men

us.

If yo

u kn

ow th

e co

mm

and,

feel

free

to e

nter

it in

the

Inpu

t W

indo

w!

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

C.

Gra

phic

s &

Pic

king

�Th

e m

ost h

eavi

ly u

sed

inte

ract

ive

capa

bilit

ies

are

grap

hics

and

gra

phic

al

pick

ing.

�G

raph

ics

is u

sed

to v

isua

lize

the

mod

el,

load

ing,

resu

lts, a

nd o

ther

inpu

t and

ou

tput

dat

a.�

Pick

ing

is u

sed

for m

odel

cre

atio

n,

mes

hing

, loa

ding

, etc

.

�U

se P

loti

n th

e U

tility

men

u to

pro

duce

pl

ots,

or i

ssue

the

com

man

ds s

how

n.

/repl

otkp

lot

lplo

tap

lot

vplo

tnp

lot

eplo

tgp

lot

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...G

raph

ics

& P

icki

ng

�Th

ePl

otC

trls

men

u is

use

d to

con

trol

ho

w th

e pl

ot is

dis

play

ed:

�pl

ot o

rient

atio

n�

zoom

�co

lors

�sy

mbo

ls�

anno

tatio

n�

anim

atio

n�

etc.

�A

mon

g th

ese,

cha

ngin

g th

e pl

ot

orie

ntat

ion

(vie

w) a

nd z

oom

ing

are

the

mos

t com

mon

ly u

sed

func

tions

.

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...G

raph

ics

& P

icki

ng

�Th

e de

faul

t vie

w fo

r a m

odel

is th

e fr

ont

view

: lo

okin

g do

wn

the

+Z a

xis

of th

e m

odel

.

�To

cha

nge

it, u

se d

ynam

ic m

ode

�a

way

to

orie

nt th

e pl

ot d

ynam

ical

ly u

sing

the

Con

trol

key

and

mou

se b

utto

ns.

�C

trl +

Lef

tmou

se b

utto

n pa

nsth

e m

odel

.�

Ctrl

+ M

iddl

em

ouse

but

ton:

↕zo

oms

the

mod

el↔

spin

s th

e m

odel

(abo

ut s

cree

n Z)

�C

trl +

Rig

htm

ouse

but

ton

rota

tes

the

mod

el:

↕ab

out s

cree

n X

↔ab

out s

cree

n Y

PZ

R

Ctrl

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...G

raph

ics

& P

icki

ng

�If

you

don�

t wan

t to

hold

dow

n th

e C

ontr

ol k

ey, y

ou c

an u

se th

e D

ynam

ic

Mod

e se

tting

in th

e Pa

n-Zo

om-R

otat

edi

alog

box

.�

The

sam

e m

ouse

but

ton

assi

gnm

ents

ap

ply.

�O

n 3-

D g

raph

ics

devi

ces,

you

can

als

o dy

nam

ical

ly o

rient

the

light

sou

rce.

U

sefu

l for

diff

eren

t lig

ht s

ourc

e sh

adin

g ef

fect

s.

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...G

raph

ics

& P

icki

ng

�O

ther

func

tions

in th

e Pa

n-Zo

om-R

otat

e di

alog

box

:�

Pres

et v

iew

s�

Zoom

-in o

n sp

ecifi

c re

gion

s of

the

mod

el�

Pan,

zoo

m, o

r rot

ate

in

disc

rete

incr

emen

ts (a

s sp

ecifi

ed b

y th

e R

ate

slid

er)

�R

otat

ion

is a

bout

the

scre

en X

, Y, Z

co

ordi

nate

s.�

Fit t

he p

lot t

o th

e w

indo

w�

Res

et e

very

thin

g to

def

ault

Fron

t+Z

vie

w, f

rom

(0,0

,1)

Back

-Z v

iew

(0,0

,-1)

Top

+Y v

iew

(0,1

,0)

Bot

-Y v

iew

(0,-1

,0)

Rig

ht+X

vie

w (1

,0,0

)Le

ft-X

vie

w (-

1,0,

0)Is

oIs

omet

ric (1

,1,1

)O

bliq

Obl

ique

(1,2

,3)

WP

Wor

king

pla

ne v

iew

Zoom

By p

icki

ng c

ente

r of a

sq

uare

Box

Zoom

By p

icki

ng tw

o co

rner

s of

a b

oxW

in Z

oom

Sam

e as

Box

Zoo

m,

but b

ox is

pro

porti

onal

to

win

dow

.Ba

ck U

p�U

nzoo

m� t

o pr

evio

us

zoom

.

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...G

raph

ics

& P

icki

ng

Pick

ing

�Pi

ckin

g al

low

s yo

u to

iden

tify

mod

el

entit

ies

or lo

catio

ns b

y cl

icki

ng in

the

Gra

phic

s W

indo

w.

�A

pic

king

ope

ratio

n ty

pica

lly in

volv

es th

e us

e of

the

mou

se a

nd a

pic

kerm

enu.

It i

s in

dica

ted

by a

+ s

ign

on th

e m

enu.

�Fo

r exa

mpl

e, y

ou c

an c

reat

eke

ypoi

nts

by

pick

ing

loca

tions

in th

e G

raph

ics

Win

dow

an

d th

en p

ress

ing

OK

in th

e pi

cker

.

AN

SYS

Bas

ics

...G

raph

ics

& P

icki

ng

Two

type

s of

pic

king

:

�R

etrie

val p

icki

ng�

Pick

ing

exis

ting

entit

ies

for a

su

bseq

uent

ope

ratio

n.�

Allo

ws

you

to e

nter

ent

ity

num

bers

in th

e In

put W

indo

w.

�U

se th

e Pi

ck A

llbu

tton

to

indi

cate

all

entit

ies.

�Lo

catio

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