The following features are available in line interface mode:
- Viewer Hotkeys
- The zoom, rotate, pan and other mouse actions available for manipulating the Viewer in the user interface perform identical functions in the Viewer in Line Interface mode. In addition to this, hotkeys can be used to manipulate other aspects of the Viewer. For a full list of all the hotkeys available, click in the Viewer to make it the active window and select the - ?icon. To execute a hotkey command, click once in the Viewer (or on the object, as some functions are object-specific) and type the command.
- Calculator
- When functions are evaluated from the command line, the result is simply printed to standard output. - For a list of valid calculator functions and required parameters, type - calculate helpat the command prompt. Additional information is available; for details, see Quantitative Calculations in the Command Editor Dialog Box.
- Viewing All Currently Defined Objects (getstate Command)
- The list of all currently defined objects can be obtained using the - getstatecommand. To get details on a specific object, type- getstate <ObjectName>.
- Viewing a Chart
- You can view a chart object in the Chart Viewer using the - chart <ChartObjectName>command.
- Repeating CCL Commands
- If you want to repeat the most recent CCL command, type: - =
- Executing a UNIX Shell Command
- If you want to carry out a UNIX shell command, type - %directly before your command. For example,- %lswill list all the files in your current directory.
- Quitting a Command Line Interface Session
- To end your CFD-Post command line interface session from the command prompt, enter: - quit
Example  —  The following example provides a set of
commands that you could enter at the CFX> command prompt. The output written to the screen when executing
these commands is not shown.
CFX> load filename=c:/MyFiles/StaticMixer.res CFX> getstate StaticMixer Default CFX> e BOUNDARY:StaticMixer Default Visibility = On Transparency = 0.5 END .e CFX> quit