anflow

Animation.anflow(nfram='', delay='', ncycl='', time='', spacing='', size='', length='', **kwargs)

Produces an animated sequence of a charged particle traveling in an electric or magnetic field.

Mechanical APDL Command: ANFLOW

Parameters:

nframstr

Number of frames captured (defaults to 5).

delaystr

Time delay during animation (defaults to 0.1 seconds).

ncyclstr

Number of animation cycles (defaults to 5). Non-UI mode only.

timestr

Total Trace Time (seconds) (defaults to 0, which is the full flow trace).

spacingstr

Particle spacing in seconds (defaults to 0).

sizestr

Particle size (defaults to 0, which is a line).

lengthstr

Particle 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).