Customizing the X–Y plot axis labels

Context:

Click the Axes tab to customize the numeric labels that appear with the major tick marks along the X- and Y-axes of an X–Y plot. Examples of axis labels appear in Figure 1.

Figure 1. X–Y plot with axis labels indicated.

You can customize the following:

The format of the labels (automatic, decimal, engineering, or scientific).
The number of decimal places or significant digits in the labels.
The frequency of the labels in relation to the major tick marks.
The font of the labels.

The color of the labels is governed by the color of the axes. See Customizing the X–Y plot axis color and style, for more information.

Locate the Labels options.
Select OptionsXY OptionsAxis; or click , which is located with the X–Y plotting tools in the Visualization module toolbox. Click the Axes tab in the dialog box that appears.

The Labels options for the axes appear in the middle of the Axes page.
From the X Axis or Y Axis fields, highlight one or more axes.
Specify where you would like axis labels to appear.

From the Placement list in the Labels options, choose one of the following:

None

Abaqus/CAE hides axis labels for the selected axis.

Inside

Abaqus/CAE displays axis labels on the same side of the axis as the X–Y curves.

Outside

Abaqus/CAE displays axis labels on the side of the axis opposite the X–Y curves.
Click the Frequency arrows to specify how often labels are printed relative to each major tick mark. For example, if you select a frequency of two, labels will appear at every second major tick mark along the axis. If you select a frequency of zero, no labels will be displayed along the axis. You can request a label frequency of at most one greater than the number of major tick marks.
From the Labels options, select the format of the selected labels.
1. Click the Format button to reveal the X-axis label format options.
2. Choose one of the following:
  
  Automatic
  
  Very large values and very small values are expressed in scientific format. All remaining values are expressed with no exponent and using the specified number of significant digits.
  
  Decimal
  
  All values are expressed with no exponent and using the specified number of significant digits.
  
  Engineering
  
  Values greater than or equal to 1000 (or values less than or equal to 0.001) are expressed as a number ranging from 1 to 999 that is multiplied by 10 to the nth power, where n is a product of 3 (for example, 20.5E+03 or 17.76E+06). All remaining values are expressed using the specified number of significant digits.
  
  Scientific
  
  All values are expressed as a number between 1 and 10 that is multiplied by an appropriate power of 10 (for example, 2.05E+04 or 1.776E+07).
Click the Precision arrows to specify the desired number of significant digits (for non-decimal formats) or decimal places (for decimal format) in each label.
Select the font of the axis labels.
1. Click .
  Abaqus/CAE displays the Select Font dialog box.
2. Use one of the methods in the Select Font dialog box to select a new font, size, and style. For more information, see Customizing fonts.
3. Click Apply to see the effect of your font selections.
4. Click OK to close the Select Font dialog box.
  The axis labels change to the selected font, size, and style.
Select the color of the axis labels.
1. Click the color sample .
  Abaqus/CAE displays the Select Color dialog box.
2. Use one of the methods in the Select Color dialog box to select a new color. For more information, see Customizing colors.
3. Click OK to close the Select Color dialog box.
  The axis labels change to the selected color.
Click Dismiss to close the Axis Options dialog box.