ANFLOW
ANFLOW, NFRAM, DELAY, NCYCL, TIME, SPACING, SIZE, LENGTH
Produces an animated sequence of a charged particle traveling in
an electric or magnetic field.
NFRAMNumber of frames captured (defaults to 5).
DELAYTime delay during animation (defaults to 0.1 seconds).
NCYCLNumber of animation cycles (defaults to 5). Non-UI mode only.
TIMETotal Trace Time (seconds) (defaults to 0, which is the full flow trace).
SPACINGParticle spacing in seconds (defaults to 0).
SIZEParticle size (defaults to 0, which is a line).
LENGTHParticle length fraction (defaults to .1).
Notes
ANFLOW invokes a Mechanical APDL macro which produces an animation of charged particle motion in an electric or magnetic field by the last plot action command (that is, PLTRAC). This command is only operational on graphic display platforms supporting the /SEG command. After executing ANFLOW, you can replay the animated sequence by issuing the ANIM command. This command is functional only in the Postprocessor.
The TIME option lets you set the time
interval of forward travel for the trace. The SPACING option is used
to define the particle spacing in seconds from adjacent particles in the stream line. The
SIZE variable sets the radius of the particle. The
LENGTH variable is used to define the particle length fraction. By
default, the LENGTH is set to .1, which means the particle occupies
10% of the trace region and the other 90% is a color-code line. The
SPACING and LENGTH variables only make
sense when the SIZE variable is nonzero (that is, the particle is bigger
than the line).