How to export high resolution images in APDL

TAGGED: apdl, export, image, image-resolution, mechanical-apdl

- September 30, 2021 at 12:36 pm
  
  mxgreif
  Subscriber
  
  Hi,
  I am trying to export images in APDL.
  So far I found two solutions to do so:
  
  Using the /IMAGE command:
  This way I can specify the path where the image is stored but not the resolution (/GFILE, 2400 does not seem to have an impact)
  
  Using /SHOW,PNG and plotting to png format:
  This way I can specify the resolution by /GFILE but I can't change the save path.
  
  Is there a way to achieve both?
- October 1, 2021 at 9:37 am
  
  mxgreif
  Subscriber
  
  I think I found a solution to my problem:
  The /SHOW command has an option to specify a filename.
  So the solution is something like
  /SHOW,FILENAME,PNG
- October 3, 2021 at 3:12 pm
  
  mxgreif
  Subscriber
  
  My solution did not actually work.
  The png files produced by /SHOW,FILENAME,PNG seem to be corrupted somehow.
  So if anybody has another solution please share it with me.
- January 4, 2022 at 10:28 pm
  
  mrife
  Ansys Employee
  
  Can you show us all of the commands used to generate the PNG file. Often reverting back to the terminal and redoing the plot will help here; or the Close option in /SHOW (purging the graphics buffer). So let's say you wanted an element plot:
  EPLOT
  /SHOW,MyElementPlot,png
  eplot
  /show,close
  /show,term
  /rep
  If doing the above can you then open MeElementPlot.png ?
  
  mike
- October 17, 2022 at 7:07 am
  vignesh.s
  Subscriber
  The complete set of commands are mandatory to plot the images. The same can be used in batch runs too..
  1. For plotting elements and models
  2. For plotting results (nodal solution plots)
  For plotting elements and model:
  /SHOW,PNG,,0
  PNGR,COMP,1,-1
  PNGR,ORIENT,HORIZ
  PNGR,COLOR,2
  PNGR,TMOD,1
  /GFILE,800,
  !*
  /CMAP,_TEMPCMAP_,CMP,,SAVE
  /RGB,INDEX,100,100,100,0
  /RGB,INDEX,0,0,0,15
  /REPLOT
  /CMAP,_TEMPCMAP_,CMP
  /DELETE,_TEMPCMAP_,CMP
  /SHOW,CLOSE
  /DEVICE,VECTOR,0
  !*
  
  For Plotting nodal results:
  /RGB,INDEX,100,100,100, 0
  /RGB,INDEX, 80, 80, 80,13
  /RGB,INDEX, 60, 60, 60,14
  /RGB,INDEX, 0, 0, 0,15
  /SHOW,PNG,,0
  PNGR,COMP,1,-1
  PNGR,ORIENT,HORIZ
  PNGR,COLOR,2
  PNGR,TMOD,1
  /GFILE,800,
  !*
  /REPLOT
  /SHOW,CLOSE
  /DEVICE,VECTOR,0
  !*
  
  Have a Great day????

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