You can use the symbol plot options to customize the appearance of symbol plots. Select Options
Symbol from the main menu bar to access the Symbol Plot Options dialog box. Click the following tabs to customize the appearance of symbol plots in the current viewport:
Basic: Control render style and edge visibility.
Color & Style: The Color & Style page contains the following tabs:
Color & Style: Control the color, style, and thickness of model edges and the model fill color for shaded plots.
Vector: Choose to plot the resultant or a selected component of a vector variable, and customize the arrow appearance.
Tensor: Choose to plot all principal components, all direct components, or a selected component of a tensor variable; and customize the arrow appearance.
Labels: Control element, face, and node labels and node symbols.
Shape: Choose to display symbols on the undeformed or the deformed shape.
Limits: The Limits page contains the following tabs:
Vector: Choose either to specify the minimum and maximum vector values or to have ABAQUS/CAE automatically compute these values.
Tensor: Choose either to specify the minimum and maximum tensor values or to have ABAQUS/CAE automatically compute these values.
Other: The Other page contains the following tabs:
Scaling: Control model scaling and shrinking.
Translucency: Control shaded render style translucency.
To learn how to customize the render style and other display characteristics of your symbol plot, see Chapter 37, “Customizing plot display.” For more information on tensor and field output variables, see “Overview of field output variable selection,” Section 24.3.1. For more information on selecting the results step, see “Selecting a specific results step and frame,” Section 24.2.1.
