Abaqus/CAE
provides the following customization options:
- Render style
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Render style is the style in which
Abaqus/CAE
displays your model. Render style is a plot state–independent option; that is,
you set it once for all undeformed, deformed, contour, symbol, and material
orientation plots. However, you can set a different value of render style for
use with the undeformed shape in a superimposed plot. Render style choices
include wireframe, filled, hidden, and lightsource-shaded. For more
information, see
Customizing render style, translucency, and fill color.
- Element and
surface edge style and visibility
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Edge style is the line style and thickness of element and surface edges;
edge visibility is the extent to which
Abaqus/CAE
displays these edges. Edge style and visibility options are plot
state–independent, but you can set them differently for use with the undeformed
shape in a superimposed plot. For more information, see
Customizing element and surface edges.
- Element and
surface edge color
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You can control the overall color of element and surface edges using the
plot state–independent Color & Style options. In
addition, you can customize the edge color of individual elements and surfaces
using the plot state–independent Color Code dialog box. By
default, the color code selections override the overall colors. For more
information on overall edge coloring, see
Selecting overall element and surface edge color.
To learn more about individual item edge coloring, see
Customizing the display color of individual objects.
Individual item edge coloring applies only to wireframe and hidden render style
plots.
- Element face and
surface fill color
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You can control the overall fill color of element faces and surfaces using
the plot state–independent Color & Style options. In
addition, you can customize the face color of individual elements using the
plot state–independent Color Code dialog box. By default,
the color code selections override the overall colors. For more information on
overall fill color, see
Selecting overall fill color.
To learn more about individual item color filling, see
Customizing the display color of individual objects.
Individual item fill coloring applies only to filled and shaded render style
plots.
- Model labels and
node symbols
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You can change the visibility and customize the color and font of element,
node, and face labels and the color and style of node symbols. All these
options are plot state–independent. For more information, see
Customizing model labels.
- Element and
surface normals
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You can choose to display arrows representing the element or surface normals
in the model. The arrows are visible in all plot states, and you can control
the arrow size, color, and arrowhead style. For more information, see
Displaying element and surface normals.
- Display body
appearance
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You can customize the render style; edge visibility, color, and style; fill
color; scaling; and translucency for all display bodies in your model. These
options are plot state–independent when applied to display bodies. For more
information, see
Customizing the appearance of display bodies.
- Camera
movement
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You can select a coordinate system and match the motion of that coordinate
system with the camera. You can also make the camera follow the rotation of the
selected coordinate system. If you are using the camera in movie mode, you can
also position the camera in the model at the origin of the coordinate system.
For more information, see
Customizing camera movement.
- Entity
display
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You can control the display of symbols representing various model entities,
including boundary conditions, connectors, coordinate systems, and point
elements. Entity display options are plot state–independent. For more
information, see
Controlling the display of model entities.
- Constraints
display
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You can control the display of analysis constraints that were applied in the
Interaction module;
for example, tie constraints or kinematic coupling constraints. For more
information, see
Controlling the display of constraints in the Visualization module.
- General model
display options
-
Abaqus/CAE
offers several other plot state–independent general model display options.
These options include:
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