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Subject: Re: Status Bar? #1
Author: Monte McGlaun
Date: 1999-01-14 18:46:00

Ernst,

Here, here. In July 97, I attended the 5.4 ASD training in Pitt and asked
for status info on the graphics bar. Besides the info you stated, the plot
type would be logical since the legend may or may not be turned on (ie, elem
plot, area plot, volu plot, von Mises, etc.). Also I would like to have the
jobname and other "selectable" items automatically plot in the legend. And,
have Subtitles be optionally plotable. The subtitles are much easier to
manage that the annotation. More flexibility in notations would really help
the project documentation process. Another possibility might be an
automatically indexing plot control number. Already there is a time and
date stamp, so a control number would help in keeping track of the many
plots that emerge during the documentation of a complex project.

I just remembered the upcoming HTML project documentation engine. It is the
right medicine. The demo I saw was stunning. I understand that it will be
distributed in 5.5.2 and will automatically create an initial report with
plots, properties, status, etc. As shown to us during the demo, it will
fill a tremendous gap that has existed with ANSYS.

Thanks for triggering the thought process,

Monte

* Monte A. McGlaun
Drive Systems Analysis
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
Box 482
Fort Worth, Texas 76101
(817) 280-5820 voice, -2239 FAX
mmcglaun@b...

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 5:06 PM
To: Xansys (E-mail)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hustedt, Ernst
> Sent: Friday, 15 January 1999 12:00
> To: Xansys (E-mail)
> Subject: Status Bar? #1

> I may be going over old ground here, but this has frustrated me
> particularly during building / modifying the model I am working on at the
> moment.
> It's a reasonably complex structure with a number of TYPEs, REALs, MATs,
> CSYSs etc. Too often when I had to define a new element, say, I am half
> way through picking the nodes when I have to quit and check whether the
> attribute setting is correct. I check it, set it, someone asks me the
> time, I answer the phone, I issue and I can't remember what the
> setting is and check it again .........and all that when we are always in
> a hurry.

> May be I am getting old, but what about a status line in the graphics
> window bar ?

> | ANSYS Graphics ET=2, MAT=3, REAL=4, CSYS=12 ...................

> May be the user should be able to put there what ever is useful at the
> time depending on PREP or POST etc.

> Am I alone here?

> Cheers
> Ernst

> Dr. Ernst Hustedt,
> Air New Zealand Ltd. Engineering Services,
> P.O. Box 14005, Christchurch Airport,
> Christchurch, New Zealand.
> fax: +64+3/ 3747-035
> phone: +64+3/ 3747-680
> ernst.hustedt@a...

Posts possibly associated with message #232AuthorDateScore
230Re: Status Bar? #1Ernst Hustedt1999/01/14 
231Re: Status Bar? #1 -ReplyMark Tate1999/01/14 
232Re: Status Bar? #1Monte McGlaun1999/01/14 
233Re: Status Bar? #1Jean-Pierre Dube1999/01/14 
238Re: Status Bar? #1Dan Bohlen1999/01/15 
242Re: Status Bar? #1David Ballenger1999/01/15 
244Re: Status Bar? #1Christopher Wright1970/01/01 
246Re: Status Bar? #1Xiao Gong1999/01/15