How can I change Mechanical Options via script?

Landon Mitchell Kanner

In Mechanical scripting, I would like to change the options found under Files > Options...

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Landon Mitchell Kanner

ExtAPI.Application.ScriptByName("jscript").ExecuteCommand('WB.PreferenceMgr.Preference("PID_Accelerated_Graphics") = -1;')

You can determine the internal name of the option (e.g. "PID_Accelerated_Graphics" in the above example) and its possible values from the dsPreferences.xml file, which can be found in the user's appdata folder, for example:
C:\Users\userid\AppData\Roaming\Ansys\v242\en-us\dsPreferences.xml

Martin Cernak

Hello Landon,
Thank you for the interesting code snippet.
However, it seems that the changes are not persistent.
Do I need to call a specific function to store the settings permanently, similar to how it's done with the workbench?
https://discuss.ansys.com/discussion/2863/how-can-i-set-workbench-wb-user-preferences-via-script?utm_source=pocket_shared

Martin Cernak

Found it:
ExtAPI.Application.ScriptByName("jscript").ExecuteCommand('WB.PreferenceMgr.Save()')