27.4 Customizing a contour plot

This section describes how to customize a contour plot. ABAQUS/CAE offers numerous options for you to control the contour type, limits, intervals, and colors. The following topics are covered:

“Choosing line-, banded-, or quilt-type contours,” Section 27.4.1
“Stylizing line-type contours,” Section 27.4.2
“Customizing banded-type contours,” Section 27.4.3
“Contouring line-shaped elements with tick mark contour plots,” Section 27.4.4
“Customizing tick mark contour plots,” Section 27.4.5
“Choosing the contour method,” Section 27.4.6
“Setting contour limits,” Section 27.4.7
“Controlling how ABAQUS/CAE computes contour limits,” Section 27.4.8
“Customizing contour colors,” Section 27.4.9
“Customizing contour intervals,” Section 27.4.10

To learn how to customize the render style, translucency, or model edge characteristics 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.