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1. Introducing Mechanical APDL
2. The Ansys Product Improvement Program
3. The Mechanical APDL Environment
3.1. Entering a Processor
3.2. Exiting from a Processor or from the Program
3.2.1. Stopping the Input of a File
3.3. The Database
3.3.1. Defining or Deleting Database Items
3.3.2. Saving the Database
3.3.3. Restoring Database Contents
3.3.4. Using the Session Editor to Modify the Database
3.3.5. Clearing the Database
3.4. Program Files
3.4.1. File Types
3.4.2. The Jobname.log File
3.5. Communicating with the Program
3.5.1. Communicating Via the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
3.5.2. Communicating Via Commands
3.5.3. Command Defaults
3.5.4. Abbreviations
3.5.5. Command Macro Files
4. Running the Mechanical APDL Program
4.1. Starting a Mechanical APDL Session from the Command Level
4.1.1. Mechanical APDL Exit Codes
4.2. The Mechanical APDL Product Launcher
4.2.1. Starting a Mechanical APDL Session from the Start Menu/Launcher
4.2.2. Launcher Menu Options
4.3. Interactive Mode
4.4. Batch Mode
4.4.1. Starting a Batch Job from the Command Line
4.5. Selecting an Ansys Product via the Command Line
4.6. Setting Preferences via the start.ans File
4.6.1. The start.ans File
5. Using Interactive Mode
5.1. A Dialog Box and Its Components
5.1.1. Using Tabbed Dialog Boxes
5.1.2. Using Tree Structures
5.1.3. Entering a Mathematical Expressions in a Field
5.2. Activating the User Interface
5.3. Layout of the User Interface
5.3.1. The Utility Menu
5.3.2. The Standard Toolbar
5.3.3. Command Input Options
5.3.4. The Toolbar
5.3.5. The Main Menu
5.3.6. The Graphics Window
5.3.7. The Output Window
5.3.8. Creating, Modifying and Positioning Toolbars
5.4. Known Issues When Running the User Interface
6. Graphical Picking
6.1. Locational and Retrieval Picking
6.2. Query Picking
6.2.1. The Model Query Picker
6.2.2. The Results Query Picker
7. Customizing Mechanical APDL and the GUI
7.1. The Configuration File
7.2. Splitting Files Across File Partitions
7.3. Customizing the GUI
7.3.1. Changing the GUI Layout
7.3.2. Changing Colors and Fonts
7.3.3. Changing the GUI Components Shown at Start-Up
7.3.4. Changing the Mouse and Keyboard Focus
7.3.5. Changing the Menu Hierarchy and Dialog Boxes Using UIDL
7.3.6. Creating Dialog Boxes Using Tcl/Tk
7.4. Ansys Neutral File (.anf) Format
7.4.1. Neutral File Specification
7.4.2. AUX15 Commands to Read Geometry Into the Database
7.4.3. Example: Ansys Neutral File Input Listing
8. Using the Session and Command Logs
8.1. Using the Session Log File
8.2. Using the Database Command Log
8.3. Using a Command Log File as Input
8.3.1. Step 1: Establish the Command Log File
8.3.2. Step 2: Edit the Command Log File
8.3.3. Step 3: Read in the Edited Log File