Customizing the X–Y plot axis color and style

Click the Axes tab to customize the color and thickness of the graph axes of an X–Y plot. Your selections apply to both the X- and Y-axes; it is not possible to customize the axes individually.

See Also
Customizing X–Y plot axis tick marks
Customizing the X–Y plot axis labels
Using X–Y plot axis options
  1. Locate the Style 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 Style options for the axes appear at the bottom of the Axes page.

  2. From the X Axis or Y Axis fields, highlight one or more axes.
  3. Choose the line style.

    From the Style list, click the desired line style (solid, dashed, etc.).

    The specified line style appears for the selected axis and in the Style list.

  4. Choose the line thickness.

    From the Thickness list, click the desired line thickness.

    The specified line thickness appears for the selected axis and in the Thickness list.

  5. Choose the line color:
    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 line changes to the selected color.

  6. Click Dismiss to close the Axis Options dialog box.