Default header and formatting in `post_processing` module

Lastly, I have been doing quite a lot of string parsing in PyMAPDL.

I found that the next combination is very useful for parsing some APDL command outputs (see notes).

mapdl.post1()
mapdl.header('OFF', 'OFF', 'OFF', 'OFF', 'OFF', 'OFF')
nsigfig = 10
mapdl.format('', 'E', nsigfig + 9, nsigfig)
mapdl.page(1E9, '', -1, 240)

Hence I would propose either:

• Setting the previous options during the construction of the post_processing class. So those mapdl commandswill be included in the init method.
• If we are interested in being very consistent on the format. We could do a wrapper for the PRXXXX commans (see notes) which will:
  1. Read the previous format (mapdl.format('STAT')).
  2. Store it in a tmp variable.
  3. Change the format to our format.
  4. Output the PRXXXX command.
  5. Setting the previous format back from the tmp file.

Both options are doable. The second, although more complete, might pose some overload.

I’m implementing the first. If there is interest, I will implement the second too.

Notes

/FORMAT affects to PRNSOL, PRESOL, PRETAB, PRRSOL, PRPATH, and CYCCALC commands.

[lukitox]

You’re welcome. Thanks for your amazing work on pymapdl. 👍

[germa89]

Hi @engineering-luke , this is a nice piece of work! I will use it as a base for the CommandOuput branch #735 . Thank you very much!