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[gryphus]

Hi,

I am trying to export images in APDL.

So far I found two solutions to do so:

Using the /IMAGE command:

This way I can specify the path where the image is stored but not the resolution (/GFILE, 2400 does not seem to have an impact)

Using /SHOW,PNG and plotting to png format:

This way I can specify the resolution by /GFILE but I can't change the save path.

Is there a way to achieve both?

[gryphus]

I think I found a solution to my problem:
The /SHOW command has an option to specify a filename.
So the solution is something like
/SHOW,FILENAME,PNG

[gryphus]

My solution did not actually work.
The png files produced by /SHOW,FILENAME,PNG seem to be corrupted somehow.
So if anybody has another solution please share it with me.

[mrife]

Can you show us all of the commands used to generate the PNG file. Often reverting back to the terminal and redoing the plot will help here; or the Close option in /SHOW (purging the graphics buffer). So let's say you wanted an element plot:
EPLOT
/SHOW,MyElementPlot,png
eplot
/show,close
/show,term
/rep
If doing the above can you then open MeElementPlot.png ?

mike

[Vignesh Saravanan]

The complete set of commands are mandatory to plot the images. The same can be used in batch runs too..

1. For plotting elements and models
2. For plotting results (nodal solution plots)

 

For plotting elements and model:
/SHOW,PNG,,0
PNGR,COMP,1,-1  
PNGR,ORIENT,HORIZ   
PNGR,COLOR,2
PNGR,TMOD,1 
/GFILE,800, 
!*  
/CMAP,_TEMPCMAP_,CMP,,SAVE  
/RGB,INDEX,100,100,100,0
/RGB,INDEX,0,0,0,15 
/REPLOT 
/CMAP,_TEMPCMAP_,CMP
/DELETE,_TEMPCMAP_,CMP  
/SHOW,CLOSE 
/DEVICE,VECTOR,0
!*  

 

For Plotting nodal results:
/RGB,INDEX,100,100,100, 0   
/RGB,INDEX, 80, 80, 80,13   
/RGB,INDEX, 60, 60, 60,14   
/RGB,INDEX, 0, 0, 0,15  
/SHOW,PNG,,0
PNGR,COMP,1,-1  
PNGR,ORIENT,HORIZ   
PNGR,COLOR,2
PNGR,TMOD,1 
/GFILE,800, 
!*  
/REPLOT 
/SHOW,CLOSE 
/DEVICE,VECTOR,0
!*  

 

Have a Great day?