HELP

HELP, Name
Displays help information for Mechanical APDL commands and element types.

Valid Products: Pro | Premium | Enterprise | PrepPost | Solver | AS add-on

Name

Command name or element type. Examples are: HELP,MP or HELP,SOLID185 (or HELP,185). For a list of elements of a particular type, enter HELP,BEAM, HELP,SOLID, HELP,HYPER, etc.

Notes

If Name matches a command or element name, the description for that command or element is displayed in the Help window.

For command help, type the complete command name (including the * or /). The help system cannot find partial matches. If * is used at the beginning of the string, it is interpreted as a Mechanical APDL * command.

For help on topics that are not Mechanical APDL commands or element types (for example, help for the word "material"), use the full text-search features of the Mechanical APDL help system.

The HELP command is valid only in GUI mode. To obtain help when not in GUI mode, activate the GUI (/MENU,ON) or activate the help system directly (/UI,HELP).

This command is valid in any processor.

Menu Paths

This command cannot be accessed from a menu.