How do I export images with user defined size and user defined Legend Font?

Ayush Kumar

image_settings = Ansys.Mechanical.Graphics.GraphicsImageExportSettings()
image_settings.Width = 1600
image_settings.Height = 1500
image_settings.CurrentGraphicsDisplay = True
ExtAPI.Graphics.ExportImage(r"\Path\to\test.bmp", GraphicsImageExportFormat.BMP, image_settings)

The above written code exports image with the legend settings user has defined but overwrites the Width and Height to Mechanical default. Setting image_settings.CurrentGraphicsDisplay = False exports images with the user defined size but the legend font is then default Mechanical.

I can't find a way to do both. Ideally image_settings.CurrentGraphicsDisplay = True should not overwrite the image dimensions defined by the user.

Ayush Kumar

This is a bug in Mechanical. The only workaround is setting the Legends to desired font and then export the image using the coordinates of the Graphics windows and Bitmap module. Here is the example code.

# Get Graphics Pane coordinates

graphics = ExtAPI.UserInterface.GetPane(MechanicalPanelEnum.Graphics)

width = graphics.ControlUnknown.Width
height = graphics.ControlUnknown.Height
Pane = ExtAPI.UserInterface.GetPane(MechanicalPanelEnum.Graphics)
Pane.CommandContainer.WindowRect.Left

initial_x = Pane.CommandContainer.WindowRect.Left
initial_y = Pane.CommandContainer.WindowRect.Top

final_x = initial_x + width
final_y = initial_y + height

# Take screenshot
import clr
import os
import sys
clr.AddReference("System.Windows.Forms")
clr.AddReference("System.Drawing")

from System.Drawing import Bitmap,Graphics,Point,Size
from System.Windows.Forms import(
    Application,Button,Form,FormWindowState,
    PictureBox,Screen)
UserFiles = "D:"
Fname = "sample"

bmp = Bitmap(1500, 1200)  # User defined image size
g = Graphics.FromImage(bmp)
g.CopyFromScreen(initial_x,initial_y, 0, 0, Size((final_x-initial_x), (final_y-initial_y)))
bmp.Save(os.path.join(UserFiles, Fname +".png"))
g.Dispose()