You can control the overall edge and fill colors of your model using the plot mode-dependent Color & Style options. Within each plot mode, you can use the Color & Style options to select a single color for all element and surface edges and a separate color for all element faces and surfaces. The colors you select apply uniformly to the entire model.
You can also control the colors of individual elements and part instances using the plot mode-independent Color Code options. The Color Code dialog box allows you to select separate colors for individual items. You must use the Color Code options to execute any complex, nonuniform color scheme.
By default, individual item colors override the overall edge color and fill color associated with each plot mode. You can change this behavior by using the plot mode Color & Style options to specify whether individual or overall item colors should take precedence. (Individual item colors do not apply to contour plots.)
When you specify an individual item color in the Color Code dialog box, ABAQUS/CAE applies the color based on two characteristics of the current plot mode:
Color precedence setting
ABAQUS/CAE applies the color if, on the Color & Style page for the applicable plot mode, Allow color code selections to override options in this dialog is toggled on.
Render style
In the wireframe and hidden render styles, ABAQUS/CAE displays only element edges. If the current plot mode uses the wireframe or hidden render style, ABAQUS/CAE applies the individual item color to those edges.
In the filled and shaded render styles, ABAQUS/CAE displays element edges as well as element faces. If the current plot mode uses the filled or shaded render style, ABAQUS/CAE applies the individual item color to the element faces or to the element edges.
In the filled and shaded render styles, line-type elements (such as beams) are treated as if their lines are faces. In the filled and shaded render styles, ABAQUS/CAE applies the individual item color to the lines representing such an element.
