Customizing the cap color for a view cut

In modules other than the Visualization module, you can customize the cap that appears when you display the portion of the cutting plane on the view cut.

Related Topics
Controlling the destination and appearance of printed images
Exporting geometry, model, and mesh data

Context:

The Cap Color options provide two choices for customizing the cap color:

  • Select Specify and click to display the entire cap with a fixed color. Abaqus/CAE displays that color for all components on the cutting plane and does not change the color as you move the plane or change the color coding selections.

  • Select Use body color to display the current colors of each component in the model on the cutting plane. Abaqus/CAE changes the coloring of the model components on the cutting plane dynamically as you reposition the plane or change the color coding selections.

    Note:

    Abaqus/CAE displays different cap colors for different parts; however, Abaqus/CAE does not display a different cap color for different sections, materials, mesh defaults, etc., in the same part.

Abaqus/CAE hides the cap from the viewport if you toggle on translucency for your session; for more information, see Changing the translucency. In addition, Abaqus/CAE might hide the cap when you save or export the contents of the viewport, depending on the file format you select.

  • If you save a viewport image to a file and select a vector-based file format, Abaqus/CAE hides the cap in the resulting file. Abaqus/CAE creates a vector-based file when you save the image in SVG format or when you save the image in PS or EPS format and specify Vector as the Image format from the PS Options dialog box or the EPS Options dialog box.

  • If you export viewport data in either VRML or 3DXML format, Abaqus/CAE hides the cap in the exported file. The cap is included in the exported file for all other export formats.

  1. From the main menu bar, select ToolsView CutManager.

    The View Cut Manager dialog box appears.

  2. Click Options.

    The View Cut Options dialog box appears.

  3. From the list of Cap Color options, select one of the following:

    • Select Specify and click , then select a cap color from the Select Color dialog box that appears to display the selected color for the entire portion of the model displayed on the cut. For more information about selecting a new color, see Customizing colors.

    • Select Use body color to color the cap using the current color coding settings for each component that intersects the view cut.

  4. Click OK.