You can use the contour plot options to customize the appearance of contour plots. Select Options
Contour from the main menu bar to access the Contour Plot Options dialog box. Click the following tabs to customize the appearance of contour plots in the current viewport:
Basic: Choose the render style, contour type (including whether to show tick marks for line elements), contour intervals, contour method, and edge visibility.
Color & Style: The Color & Style page contains the following tabs:
Model Edges: Control the color, style, and thickness of model edges.
Spectrum: Choose contour colors.
Line: For line-type contours control the style and thickness of each line.
Banded: For banded-type contours control the color, style, and thickness of contour edges.
Labels: Control element, face, and node labels and node symbols.
Shape: Choose to display contours on the undeformed or the deformed shape.
Limits: Control the computation of contour limits.
Other: The Other page contains the following tabs:
Scaling: Control model scaling and shrinking.
Translucency: Control shaded render style translucency.
Tick Marks: Control tick mark plot display options.
To learn how to customize the render style and underlying model of your contour plot, see Chapter 37, “Customizing plot display.” For information on the computation of result values, see “Understanding how results are computed,” Section 24.4.1.
