Table of Contents
1. About This Reference .............................................................................................................................. 1
1.1. Conventions Used in This Reference .................................................................................................. 1
1.1.1. Product Codes ......................................................................................................................... 2
1.1.2. Applicable Products ................................................................................................................. 2
1.2. Product Capabilities .......................................................................................................................... 3
1.3. Terminology ..................................................................................................................................... 3
1.4. Command Characteristics ................................................................................................................. 4
1.4.1. Data Input ............................................................................................................................... 5
1.4.2. Free-Format Input .................................................................................................................... 5
1.4.3. Nonrestrictive Data Input ......................................................................................................... 5
1.4.4. Condensed Data Input ............................................................................................................. 6
1.4.5. Units ........................................................................................................................................ 6
1.4.6. Command and Argument Defaults ........................................................................................... 6
1.4.7. File Names ............................................................................................................................... 7
1.4.8. Star and Slash Commands ........................................................................................................ 8
2. Command Groupings .............................................................................................................................. 9
2.1. SESSION Commands ......................................................................................................................... 9
2.2. DATABASE Commands .................................................................................................................... 11
2.3. GRAPHICS Commands .................................................................................................................... 14
2.4. APDL Commands ............................................................................................................................ 17
2.5. PREP7 Commands ........................................................................................................................... 20
2.6. SOLUTION Commands .................................................................................................................... 36
2.7. POST1 Commands .......................................................................................................................... 51
2.8. POST26 Commands ........................................................................................................................ 59
2.9. AUX2 Commands ............................................................................................................................ 61
2.10. AUX3 Commands .......................................................................................................................... 62
2.11. AUX12 Commands ........................................................................................................................ 62
2.12. AUX15 Commands ........................................................................................................................ 63
2.13. Mapping Processor Commands ..................................................................................................... 63
2.14. PROBABILISTIC Design Commands ................................................................................................ 64
2.15. DISPLAY Program Commands ........................................................................................................ 65
2.16. REDUCED Order Modeling Commands .......................................................................................... 66
3. Command Dictionary ............................................................................................................................ 69
I. Connection Commands ............................................................................................................................ 73
II. A Commands ........................................................................................................................................... 81
III. B Commands ........................................................................................................................................ 181
IV. C Commands ........................................................................................................................................ 233
V. D Commands ........................................................................................................................................ 371
VI. E Commands ........................................................................................................................................ 461
VII. F Commands ....................................................................................................................................... 637
VIII. G Commands ...................................................................................................................................... 695
IX. H Commands ....................................................................................................................................... 787
X. I Commands .......................................................................................................................................... 807
XI. J Commands ........................................................................................................................................ 839
XII. K Commands ....................................................................................................................................... 843
XIII. L Commands ...................................................................................................................................... 873
XIV. M Commands ..................................................................................................................................... 949
XV. N Commands ..................................................................................................................................... 1059
XVI. O Commands ................................................................................................................................... 1137
XVII. P Commands ................................................................................................................................... 1167
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