ANSYS Parametric Design Language
| APDL | |
|---|---|
| Paradigms : | Imperative programming |
| Publishing year: | 1970 |
| Developer: | John A. Swanson |
| Current version : | 2020R1 (January 28, 2020) |
| Typing : | Scripting language |
| Operating system : | Windows , Linux |
| ansys.com | |
Ansys Parametric Design Language ( APDL ) is the scripting language of the ANSYS solver and interpreter , which was renamed MAPDL (Mechanical APDL) around 2010 .
Syntax example
The parameters of the APDL commands are separated by commas.
! Das Ausrufungszeichen dient als Kommentarzeichen
/com,Dies ist eine kommentierte Ausgabe
/prep7 !Starte den Präprozessor
block,1,1,1,1 !Erzeuge einen Quader
criticism
The language was developed by John A Swanson in the punch card era and contains a number of peculiarities and limitations.
- No distinction is made between upper and lower case.
- "Character parameters" may only be 8 characters long (e.g.
Name = 'Macro'). - A variable name can only be 32 characters long (e.g.
Dies_ist_ein_langer_Variablen_Name=3). - Strings for some commands can only be 72 characters long (e.g.
/title, Dies ist eine Zeichenkette). - Strings must be
arraydeclared as parameters and are limited to 248 characters (ANSYS version 16).
APDL editors
APDL instructions in a file are also called macros . APDL macros can be created and edited with any text editor . Simple syntax highlighting is available for some editors, such as: B. Vim , nedit, Sublime . In addition, the editors listed below offer a considerably larger range of functions and tools for editing and studying APDL.
Free editors
- The APDL mode for the GNU Emacs editor.
- Another free APDL editor does not seem to be serviced since 2011
Commercial editors
- The Pedal Script Editor has not been sold since 2015.
Web links
- Xansys, an ANSYS online community (registration required)
- A general ANSYS repository ansys.net
- AUC , the ANSYS User Club in Germany
- ANSYS, Inc. website
- ANSYS Germany
- Website of CADFEM , the official sales partner of ANSYS
Individual evidence
- ↑ ansys.net. Retrieved on July 19, 2015 (English, under tools & utilities).
- ↑ GitHub. Accessed July 19, 2015 (English, APDL syntax highlighting package).
- ↑ ANSYS APDL mode for GNU Emacs. Retrieved February 7, 2020 .
- ↑ APDL Editor. Retrieved July 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Pedal Script Editor. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .