open_gui

Mapdl.open_gui(include_result=None, inplace=None, exec_file=None)

Save the existing database and open it up in the MAPDL GUI.

Parameters:

include_resultbool, optional

Allow the result file to be post processed in the GUI. It is ignored if inplace is True. By default, True.

inplacebool, optional

Open the GUI on the current MAPDL working directory, instead of creating a new temporary directory and coping the results files over there. If True, ignores include_result parameter. By default, this False.

exec_file: str, optional

Path to the MAPDL executable. If not provided, it will try to obtain it using the ansys.tools.path package. If this package is not available, it will use the same executable as the current MAPDL instance.

Examples

>>> from ansys.mapdl.core import launch_mapdl
>>> mapdl = launch_mapdl()

Create a square area using keypoints.

>>> mapdl.prep7()
>>> mapdl.k(1, 0, 0, 0)
>>> mapdl.k(2, 1, 0, 0)
>>> mapdl.k(3, 1, 1, 0)
>>> mapdl.k(4, 0, 1, 0)
>>> mapdl.l(1, 2)
>>> mapdl.l(2, 3)
>>> mapdl.l(3, 4)
>>> mapdl.l(4, 1)
>>> mapdl.al(1, 2, 3, 4)

Open up the gui.

>>> mapdl.open_gui()

Resume where you left off.

>>> mapdl.et(1, 'MESH200', 6)
>>> mapdl.amesh('all')
>>> mapdl.eplot()