IMMED, KEY
Allows immediate display of a model as it is generated.
KEYImmediate mode key:
0 | — | Display only upon request, i.e., no immediate display (default with the GUI off). |
1 | — | Display immediately as model is generated (default with the GUI on). |
Allows immediate display of a model (as it is generated) without a screen erase or a display request. Available only during an interactive session at a graphics display terminal. A valid graphics device name must first be specified on the /SHOW command.
The IMMED command allows you to control whether or not the model is displayed immediately as it is generated in an interactive session. By default in the GUI, your model will immediately be displayed in the Graphics Window as you create new entities (such as areas, keypoints, nodes, elements, local coordinate systems, boundary conditions, etc.). This is called immediate mode graphics. Also note that symbols (such as boundary conditions, local coordinate system triads, etc.) are shown immediately and will be present on subsequent displays unless you "turn off" the appropriate symbol using the GUI plot controls function or the appropriate graphics specification command.
An immediate image will also be automatically scaled to fit nicely within the Graphics Window -- a feature called automatic scaling. The new scaling is usually apparent on the automatic replot associated with immediate mode. To suppress automatic replot, issue /UIS,REPLOT,0. (With automatic replot suppressed, the immediate image may not always be automatically scaled correctly.)
Note: An immediate display in progress should not be aborted with the usual system "break" feature (or else the ANSYS session itself will be aborted). When you run the ANSYS program interactively without using the GUI, immediate mode is off by default.
This command is valid only in PREP7.