/UI

/UI, Func, Type, Format, Screen, Color, Krev, Orient, Compress, Quality
Activates specified GUI dialog boxes.

SESSION: Run Controls

Func

Label identifying the dialog box to be activated:

HELP	—	Activates the online help system.
VIEW	—	Activates the Pan, Zoom, Rotate dialog box
WPSE	—	Activates the Working Plane Settings dialog box.
WPVI	—	Activates the Offset Working Plane dialog box.
RESULT	—	Activates the Query Picking Menu for reviewing results.
QUERY	—	Activates the Query Picked Entities (preprocess) dialog box.
COPY	—	Activates the Hard Copy dialog box.
ANNO	—	Activates the 2D Annotation dialog box.
AN3D	—	Activates the 3D Annotation dialog box.
SELECT	—	Activates the Select Entities dialog box.
NSEL	—	Activates a picking menu to select nodes.
ESEL	—	Activates a picking menu to select elements.
KSEL	—	Activates a picking menu to select keypoints.
LSEL	—	Activates a picking menu to select lines.
ASEL	—	Activates a picking menu to select areas.
VSEL	—	Activates a picking menu to select volumes.
REFRESH	—	Refreshes the graphics window (non-UI mode only).
COLL	—	Controls the collapse of the Mechanical APDL main menu when a FINISH command is issued. See Type below for a discussion of the arguments.

Type

Label identifying the type of select operation. Valid only for the following Func labels; NSEL, ESEL, KSEL, LSEL, ASEL, and VSEL:

S	—	Select a new set.
R	—	Reselect a set from the current set.
A	—	Additionally select a set and extend the current set.
U	—	Unselect a set from the current set.

Label identifying the type of results data to be queried. Valid only for Func = RESULT:

NODE	—	Nodal solution data (h-elements only).
ELEMENT	—	Element solution data.

Label specifying the behavior of the Mechanical APDL main menu after a FINISH command is issued. User interaction with the main menu is unaffected. Valid only for Func = COLL:

YES, 1 or blank	—	Allows the Main Menu to collapse after FINISH command.
NO or 0	—	Prevents Main Menu collapse after FINISH command.

If Func = COPY, and Type = SAVE, command format is /UI,Func,Type,Format,Screen,Color,Krev,Orient,Compress,Quality. The remaining fields (after Type) identify the portion of the screen, the type of file, and the method of display that the portion of the screen is to be saved as.

Format

TIFF	—	Tagged Image File Format.
BMP	—	(PC only) Bitmap (Windows) file format.
WMF	—	(PC only) Windows Metafile format.
EMF	—	(PC only) Enhanced Metafile format.
JPEG	—	JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) file format.

Screen

FULL	—	Saves the entire screen in the specified format.
GRAPH	—	Saves only the Mechanical APDL graphic window.

Color

MONO	—	A two color (black and white) file is saved.
GRAY	—	The specified file format is saved in gray scale.
COLOR	—	The file is saved at the specified color depth.

Krev

NORM	—	Saves file as shown on the screen.
REVERSE	—	Saves file with the background color reversed.

Orient

LANDSCAPE	—	Saves file in landscape mode.
PORTRAIT	—	Saves file in portrait mode.

Compress

YES	—	Compresses TIFF files and EPS files with TIFF preview (default).
NO	—	Saves files with no compression.

Quality

1,2,,,100

—

JPEG quality index, with 100 being the maximum quality level.

Notes

Allows you to activate specified GUI dialog boxes directly in either GUI or non-GUI mode.

The /UI command itself is valid in any processor, however certain dialog boxes are accessible only in a particular processor (for example, /UI,RESULT,... is valid only in the General Postprocessor).

Menu Paths

This command cannot be accessed from a menu.