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
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Abaqus/CAE
offers several other plot state–independent general model display options.
These options include:
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Sweep/Extrude to control the three-dimensional
display of two-dimensional models. For more information, see
Sweeping and extruding your model.
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Mirror/Pattern to simulate the display of a
complete model when only a representative portion of the model was analyzed.
For more information, see
Using mirrors and patterns to display your results.
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Curved Lines & Faces to control how quadratic
and cubic element edges and faces are displayed. For more information, see
Refining curved edges and faces.
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Elements with No Results to control the color of
elements having no results (for example, rigid surfaces) in contour plots. For
more information, see
Coloring elements with no results.
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Idealizations to control the display of beam profiles, shell thickness,
and thermal fluid pipe elements. For more information, see Controlling beam profile display for postprocessing and Controlling shell thickness display for postprocessing, and Controlling the display of thermal fluid pipe elements.
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Model Change to control the visibility of
components deactivated by model change interactions. For more information, see
Viewing removed elements.
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