Table of Contents
- PADELE - Deletes a defined path.
 - /PAGE - Defines the printout and screen page size.
 - PAGET - Writes current path information into an array variable.
 - PAPUT - Retrieves path information from an array variable.
 - PARESU - Restores previously saved paths from a file.
 - PARTSEL - Selects a subset of parts in an explicit dynamic analysis.
 - PARRES - Reads parameters from a file.
 - PARSAV - Writes parameters to a file.
 - PASAVE - Saves selected paths to an external file.
 - PATH - Defines a path name and establishes parameters for the path.
 - PAUSE - Temporarily releases the current product license.
 - /PBC - Shows boundary condition (BC) symbols and values on displays.
 - /PBF - Shows magnitude of body force loads on displays.
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PCALC
 - Forms additional labeled path items by operating on existing path
items.
 - PCGOPT - Controls PCG solver options.
 - PCIRC - Creates a circular area centered about the working plane origin.
 - /PCIRCLE - Creates an annotation circle (GUI).
 - /PCOPY - Automatically generates hard copies for HP UNIX work stations.
 - PCROSS - Calculates the cross product of two path vectors along the current
path.
 - PDEF - Interpolates an item onto a path.
 - PDOT - Calculates the dot product of two path vectors along the current
path.
 - PERBC2D - Generates periodic constraints for 2-D planar magnetic field analyses.
 - PERTURB - Sets linear perturbation analysis options.
 - PFACT - Calculates participation factors for the PSD or multi-point
response spectrum table.
 - PHYSICS - Writes, reads, or lists all element information
 - PIVCHECK - Controls the behavior of an analysis when a negative or
zero equation solver pivot value is encountered.
 - PLAS - Plots a specified acoustic quantity during postprocessing of an acoustic
   analysis.
 - PLCAMP - Plots Campbell diagram data for applications involving
rotating structure dynamics.
 - PLCFREQ - Plots the frequency response for the given CYCSPEC specification.
 - PLCHIST - Plots a histogram of the frequency response of each sector
for the given CYCSPEC specification.
 - PLCINT - Plots the fracture parameter (CINT)
result data.
 - PLCPLX - Specifies the part of a complex variable to display.
 - PLDISP - Displays the displaced structure.
 - PLESOL - Displays the solution results as discontinuous element
contours.
 - PLETAB - Displays element table items.
 - PLFAR - Plots pressure far fields and far field parameters. 
 - PLF2D - Generates a contour line plot of equipotentials.
 - PLGEOM - Plots target and source geometries.
 - PLLS - Displays element table items as contoured areas along
elements.
 - PLMAP - Plots target and source pressures.
 - PLMC - Plots the modal coordinates from a mode-superposition
solution.
 - PLNEAR - Plots the pressure in the near zone exterior to the equivalent
source surface.
 - PLNSOL - Displays results as continuous contours.
 - /PLOPTS - Controls graphics options on subsequent displays.
 - PLORB - Displays the orbital motion of a rotating structure
 - PLOT - Forms a display.
 - PLOTTING - Specifies "Plotting settings" as the subsequent status topic.
 - PLPAGM - Displays path items along the path geometry.
 - PLPATH - Displays path items on a graph.
 - PLSECT - Displays membrane and membrane-plus-bending linearized stresses.
 - PLTIME - Defines the time range for which data are to be displayed.
 - PLTRAC - Displays a particle flow or charged particle trace on
an element display.
 - PLVAR - Displays up to ten variables in the form of a graph.
 - PLVECT - Displays results as vectors.
 - PLZZ - Plots the interference diagram from a cyclic modal analysis.
 - /PMACRO - Specifies that macro contents be written to the session log file.
 - PMAP - Creates mapping of the path geometry by defining path interpolation
division points.
 - PMGTRAN - Summarizes electromagnetic results from a transient analysis.
 - PMLOPT - Defines perfectly matched layers (PMLs) or irregular perfectly
   matched layers (IPML).
 - PMLSIZE - Determines number of PML or IPML layers.
 - /PMORE - Creates an annotation polygon (GUI).
 - PNGR - Provides PNG file export for ANSYS displays. 
 - /PNUM - Controls entity numbering/coloring on plots.
 - POINT - Specifies "Point flow tracing settings" as the subsequent status
topic.
 - POLY - Creates a polygonal area based on working plane coordinate pairs.
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/POLYGON
 - Creates annotation polygons (GUI).
 - /POST1 - Enters the database results postprocessor.
 - /POST26 - Enters the time-history results postprocessor.
 - POWERH - Calculates the rms power loss in a conductor or lossy
dielectric.
 - PPATH - Defines a path by picking or defining nodes, or locations on the
currently active working plane, or by entering specific coordinate locations.
 - PRANGE - Determines the path range.
 - PRAS - Prints a specified acoustic quantity during postprocessing of an
   acoustic analysis.
 - PRCAMP - Prints Campbell diagram data for applications involving
rotating structure dynamics.
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PRCINT
 - Lists the fracture parameter (CINT)
results data.
 - PRCPLX - Defines the output form for complex variables.
 - PRED - Activates a predictor in a nonlinear analysis.
 - PRENERGY - Prints the total energies of a model or the energies of the specified
components. 
 - /PREP7 - Enters the model creation preprocessor.
 - PRERR - Prints SEPC and TEPC.
 - PRESOL - Prints the solution results for elements.
 - PRETAB - Prints the element table items.
 - PRFAR - Prints acoustic far field parameters. 
 - PRI2 - Creates a polygonal area or a prism volume by vertices (GUI).
 - PRIM - Specifies "Solid model primitives" as the subsequent status topic.
 - PRINT - Specifies "Print settings" as the subsequent status topic.
 - *PRINT - Prints the matrix values to a file.
 - PRISM - Creates a prism volume based on working plane coordinate pairs.
 - PRITER - Prints solution summary data.
 - PRJSOL - Prints joint element output.
 - PRNEAR - Prints the pressure in the near zone exterior to the equivalent
source surface.
 - PRNLD - Prints the summed element nodal loads.
 - PRNSOL - Prints nodal solution results.
 - PROD - Multiplies variables.
 - PRORB - Prints the orbital motion characteristics of a rotating
structure
 - PRPATH - Prints path items along a geometry path.
 - PRRFOR - Prints the constrained node reaction solution. Used with
the FORCE command.
 - PRRSOL - Prints the constrained node reaction solution.
 - PRSCONTROL - Specifies whether to include pressure load stiffness in
the element stiffness formation.
 - PRSECT - Calculates and prints linearized stresses along a section
path.
 - PRTIME - Defines the time range for which data are to be listed.
 - PRVAR - Lists variables vs. time (or frequency).
 - PRVECT - Prints results as vector magnitude and direction cosines.
 - PSCONTROL - Enables or disables shared-memory parallel operations.
 - PSCR - Specifies various PostScript options.
 - PSDCOM - Specifies the power spectral density mode combination
method.
 - PSDFRQ - Defines the frequency points for the input spectrum tables
PSDVAL vs. PSDFRQ for PSD analysis.
 - PSDGRAPH - Displays input PSD curves.
 - PSDRES - Controls solution output written to the results file from
a PSD analysis.
 - PSDSPL - Defines a partially correlated excitation in a PSD analysis.
 - PSDUNIT - Defines the type of input PSD.
 - PSDVAL - Defines PSD values.
 - PSDWAV - Defines a wave propagation excitation in a PSD analysis.
 - /PSEARCH - Specifies a directory to be searched for "unknown command" macro
files.
 - PSEL - Selects a path or paths.
 - /PSF - Shows surface load symbols on model displays.
 - PSMAT - Writes an assembled global matrix to a postscript format
that graphically displays nonzero matrix values.
 - 
PSMESH
 - Create and mesh a pretension section
 - 
/PSPEC
 - Creates annotation polygon attributes (GUI).
 - /PSTATUS - Displays the global or window display specifications.
 - PSTRES - Specifies whether prestress effects are calculated or
included.
 - /PSYMB - Shows various symbols on displays.
 - PSYS - Sets the PML element coordinate system attribute pointer.
 - PTR - Dumps the record of a binary file.
 - PTXY - Defines coordinate pairs for use in polygons and prisms.
 - PVECT - Interpolates a set of items onto a path.
 - /PWEDGE - Creates an annotation wedge (GUI).