Many of the most frequently used commands in Ansys ICEM CFD are accessible via single or combination keystrokes. Many of these hotkeys are common across all contexts while others are specific to the active function group – Geometry, Blocking, or Edit Mesh. To access any hotkeys related to geometry, mesh, blocking operations, you must first go to the respective tab.
Note: Make sure that the Caps Lock is not toggled ON when using hotkeys.
Hotkeys work only when the cursor is in the graphics display area.
Hotkeys which are available in any context are shown in the following image and table.
F1 | Open online help |
F4 | Emergency Reset |
Note: Emergency Reset is useful if a series of random keystrokes accidentally locks the keyboard. If a user clicks too fast or bumps multiple keys at a time the keyboard may lock up. The Emergency reset attempts to fix this problem and unlock the keyboard. | |
F5 | Set wireframe offset |
F6 | Set wireframe offset to 0 |
F7 | Increment wireframe offset |
F8 | Decrement wireframe offset |
Note: The Wireframe Offset Display controls allow you to optimize the wireframe display for solid and wireframe modes. This can be useful when the wireframe display is difficult to see in contrast to the solid display. For example, if the wireframe offset is set too high you can see overlapping lines, if it is set too low, the wireframe lines look dim. This can happen when adjusting the zoom, or if the model dimensions make the wireframe offset difficult to compute automatically. When generating images of the mesh it is recommended that the wireframe offset be increased slightly to ensure better crispness of solid/wireframe mesh display. Increasing the wireframe display makes the wireframe lines larger and clearer, but it can also bring lines in the background to the foreground. The default Wireframe offset (Z-offset) tries to automatically set the wireframe value based on the model dimensions. | |
F10 | Save Project |
F11 | Emergency Reset |
F12 | Save hardcopy |
Enter | Apply Note: Pressing the Enter key after typing in a field in the GUI is the same as clicking on the Apply button. |