/PSYMB, Label
, KEY
Shows various symbols on displays.
Label
Show symbols as selected from the following labels:
CS | — | Local coordinate systems. |
NDIR | — | Nodal coordinate systems (on rotated nodes only). |
ESYS | — | Element coordinate systems (element displays only). |
LDIR | — | Line directions (line displays only). |
LDIV | — | Controls the display of element divisions on lines. |
ADIR | — | Area direction symbol (for keypoint, line, area and volume plots). |
LAYR | — | Layer orientations (relative to the
projected element x-axis) or fiber orientations in smeared reinforcing
elements. Used only within an element display. Use |
ECON | — | Element mesh symbols on keypoints and lines. |
DOT | — | Larger symbols displayed for node
and keypoint locations. When |
XNOD | — | Extra node of surface or circuit elements. |
FBCS | — | Force boundary condition scaling.
Subsequent |
DEFA | — | Resets the symbol keys so that ANSYS
displays none of the symbols controlled by the /PSYMB command. The value of the |
STAT | — | Prints the status of the settings
of the symbol keys controlled by the /PSYMB command.
The |
KEY
Symbol key:
-1 | — | Effective only if |
0 | — | No symbol (default).
If |
1 | — | Include symbol. If |
| — | If |
Includes various symbols on the display. Triads are right-handed with x displayed as the longest leg. Where color is displayed, x is white, y is green, and z is blue. For beams, x is always along the length of the element. For lines, an arrow represents the direction of a line, from the beginning keypoint to the end keypoint. See /PLOPTS command for additional display options. Use /PSTATUS or /PSYMB,STAT to display settings. Use /PSYMB,DEFA to reset all specifications back to their defaults. The command /PSYMB,ECON,1 causes the symbol "M" to be displayed on keypoints and lines associated with meshed entities. When you issue the command /PSYMB,DOT,1, a larger symbol is displayed for each node and keypoint location.
PowerGraphics (/GRAPHICS,POWER) does not support /PSYMB,ESYS and /PSYMB,LAYR.
If KEY
= N
and PowerGraphics is off, the centroid of the surface
elements is connected to the extra node using a gray line. However,
if PowerGraphics is on, the color of the line connecting the centroid
to the extra node is the same as that for the elements themselves
(as determined by /PNUM).
When Label
= LAYR, the layer systems
can be visualized with all current-technology layered elements and
the smeared reinforcing element REINF265.
To use /PSYMB,LAYR with REINF265, first set the vector-mode graphics option (/DEVICE,VECTOR,1).
This command is valid in any processor.