PCL; Utilities/Views Based On CoordX - is it possible to execute with PCL?

Question

Hello! I am investigating possibilities for result display adjustment and I found Utilities/Views Based On CoordX . Running this utility does not produce any PCL output. Is it possible to run this through PCL?

Arthur Hickson · Accepted Answer

Hi Adam,

I've been away and so missed your reply in an earlier post.

You can probably use the Local view utility to do what you want. I set this to record standard patran commands in the session file to guarantee it was always replayable, so it does not record the inherent ajh_view... calls. I hope these calls will help you to do what you want:

ui_exec_function("ajh_view_local","init")

ajh_view_local.get_current_view()

$ this sets Local view to use coord xx as its reference

ajh_view_local.cid("Coord 0")

ajh_view_local.apply_transforms()

$ this applies a predefined view using the local view reference frame : front_view, rear_view, top_view, bottom_view, left_side, right_side, isometric1, isometric2, isometric3, isometric4. e.g:

ajh_view_local.top_view()

Note these ten views are the same as the standard home tool bar (but using the reference frame), but they can be changed using:

ajh_view_local.set_view_viewsZ_Y(viewsZ_Y)

where viewsZ_Y is a "Real viewsZ_Y(10,6)" each of the ten views is defined using an x,y,z with respect to the reference frame for the observer position (screen Z) and the screen Y (top of screen). You can get the defaults using:

ajh_view_local.get_view_viewsZ_Y(viewsZ_Y)

best regards

Arthur