UTILITIES, FUNCTION KEYS

UTILITIES, FUNCTION KEYS

It is possible to programme the function keys F1 .. F12 with command files.

• You create a command file in the normal way.
• The file is associated with a function key.
• It is executed whenever you press that key.

A command file can contain any valid sequence of D3PLOT commands, for example blanking some items and setting a view, or defining a cut-section. Generally it is best to avoid very model-specific commands, or screen picking, if a file is to have a general usefulness on playback. (Command files are described in Appendix G.)

Files can be associated automatically with function key " n " (1 <= n <= 12) as follows:

• By the "oa_pref" file line "d3plot*f n _key: < filename >"
• By defining file d3plot_f n .tcf in the current directory ( $cwd)
• By defining file d3plot_f n .tcf in your home directory ( $HOME )
• By defining file d3plot_f n .tcf in the $OASYS directory

Files are searched for in the order given above, and the first definition found "wins". If no definition is found that function key will be inactive.