/COLOR
/COLOR, Lab
, Clab
, N1
, N2
, NINC
Specifies the color mapping for various items.
Lab
Apply color to the items specified by the following labels:
AXES
—
Determines the color (specified in next argument,
Clab
) that the axes of a graph will be plotted in.AXNUM
—
Determines the color (specified in next argument,
Clab
) that the numbering on the axes of a graph will be plotted in.NUM
—
Discretely numbered items (such as element types, element materials, etc., as shown on the /PNUM command). Also specify number (1 to 11) in the
N1
field. For example, /COLOR,NUM,RED,3 will assign the color red to all items having the discrete number 3 (material displays would show elements having material 3 as red).OUTL
—
Outline of elements, areas, and volumes. Ex: /COLOR,OUTL,BLUE.
ELEM
—
Elements. Use
N1
,N2
,NINC
fields for element numbers.LINE
—
Solid model lines. Use
N1
,N2
,NINC
fields for line numbers.AREA
—
Solid model areas. Use
N1
,N2
,NINC
fields for area numbers.VOLU
—
Solid model volumes. Use
N1
,N2
,NINC
fields for volume numbers.ISURF
—
Isosurfaces (surfaces of constant stress, etc.). This option is particularly useful when capturing frames for animating a single isosurface value.
WBAK
—
Window background. Use
N1
,N2
,NINC
fields for window numbers. The options that you select usingLab
= PBAK will supersede those applied usingLab
= WBAK.b.c.label
—
Boundary condition label. Enter U, ROT, TEMP, PRES, V, VOLT, MAG, A, EMF, CURR, F, M, HEAT, FLOW, VF, AMPS, FLUX, CSG, CURT, MAST, CP, CE, NFOR, NMOM, RFOR, RMOM, PATH. See the /PBC command for boundary condition label definitions.
GRBAK
—
Graph background.
GRID
—
Graph grid lines.
AXLAB
—
Graph X and Y axis labels.
CURVE
—
Graph curves (identify curve numbers (1-10) in
N1
,N2
,NINC
fields).CM
—
Component group. Use
N1
field for component name, ignoreN2
andNINC
.CNTR
—
Mechanical APDL contour stress colors. The maximum number of contours available is 128. The number of colors that can be specified interactively (GUI) is 9. (/CONTOUR, , 9). Any other setting will yield inconsistent results.
SMAX
—
Specifies that all stress values above the maximum value entered in /CONTOUR will be displayed in the color designated in the
Clab
field. Defaults to dark grey.SMIN
—
Specifies that all stress values below the minimum value entered in /CONTOUR will be displayed in the color designated in the
Clab
field. Defaults to dark grey.PBAK
—
Activates background shading options (see command syntax at end of argument descriptions below). The options that you select using
Lab
= PBAK will supersede those applied usingLab
= WBAK.Clab
Valid color labels are:
BLAC (0)
—
Black
MRED (1)
—
Magenta-Red
MAGE (2)
—
Magenta
BMAG (3)
—
Blue-Magenta
BLUE (4)
—
Blue
CBLU (5)
—
Cyan-Blue
CYAN (6)
—
Cyan
GCYA ((7)
—
Green-Cyan
GREE (8)
—
Green
YGRE (9)
—
Yellow-Green
YELL (10)
—
Yellow
ORAN (11)
—
Orange
RED (12)
—
Red
DGRA (13)
—
Dark Gray
LGRA (14)
—
Light Gray
WHIT (15)
—
White
N1
,N2
,NINC
Apply color to
Lab
items numberedN1
toN2
(defaults toN1
) in steps ofNINC
(defaults to 1). IfN1
is blank, apply color to entire selected range. IfLab
is CM, use component name forN1
and ignoreN2
andNINC
. IfN1
= P, graphical picking of elements, lines, areas and volumes is enabled; your can assign colors to the entities via the picker. When picking is enabled, theLab
andClab
fields are ignored.
If Lab
= PBAK, the command format
is /COLOR, PBAK,Key_On_Off
, KEY_TYPE
, KEY_INDEX
.
The options that you select using Lab
= PBAK will supersede those applied using Lab
= WBAK.
| — | Turns the background colors on and off. Acceptable values are ON (1) and OFF (0). |
| — | Determines the type of background. Acceptable values are 0 (smooth shading left to right), 1 (smooth shading top to bottom), 2 (smooth shading right to left), 3 (smooth shading bottom to top), and -1 (textured image background) |
| — | An integer value that corresponds to a background
color or texture. If |