*Preferences() - Graphics Files

Sets foreground, background, and other colors for all animation windows, turns various display features on and off, and sets the default feature angle. Indicates if forces and moments are displayed as fixed or variable, the force and moment sizes (if displayed as fixed), and the marker size.

Syntax

*Preferences (Foreground, Background, Meshline, X axis, Y axis, Z axis, RenderHelix/WireHelix, TimestepOn/TimestepOff, FramenumberOn/FramenumberOff, TriadOn/TriadOff, FeatureAngle, Fixed/Variable, ForceSize, MomentSize, MarkerSize)

Application

HyperView

Inputs

Foreground
Foreground color index.
Background
Background color index.
Meshline
Meshline color index.
X axis
Coordinate triad X axis color index.
Y axis
Coordinate triad Y axis color index.
Z axis
Coordinate triad Z axis color index.
RenderHelix
Displays helixes as fully rendered, shaded objects.
WireHelix
Displays helixes as helical lines.
TimestepOn
Displays the timestep name in the window.
TimestepOff
Turns off the timestep displayed in the window.
FramenumberOn
Displays the frame number in the window.
FramenumberOff
Turns off the frame number displayed in the window.
TriadOn
Displays the coordinate triad in the window.
TriadOff
Turns off the coordinate triad in the window.
FeatureAngle
Angles greater than this value indicate a feature line.
Fixed
Displays forces and moments as fixed sized vectors.
Variable
Displays forces and moments as variable sized vectors.
ForceSize
Size of force vector if displayed as fixed.
MomentSize
Size of moment vector if displayed as fixed.
MarkerSize
Size with which markers on the model will be drawn.

Context

*BeginGraphic()

Example

*BeginGraphic()
   *Preferences(1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, RenderHelix, TimestepOn, FramenumberOff, TriadOn, 30, Variable, 500, 500, 1)
*EndGraphic()

Comments

The parameters set by this statement apply globally to all animation windows.

Foreground color changes the color of the global coordinate triad and the timestep label.

Drawing fully surfaced helixes can slow animation performance.

The force, moment, and marker sizes apply to all models in the view. These parameters cannot be set for individual entities. For example, if the marker size is 2, all markers in the view will be drawn with a size of 2.