You can use the Display Body Options in the Visualization module to customize the appearance of display bodies. The options available for display bodies are similar to the common and superimposed plot options in ABAQUS/CAE: render style; edge visibility, color, and style; fill color; scaling; and translucency can all be customized. Similarly, display body options are plot state–independent; i.e., the options applied to display bodies are reflected in all plot states. For more information, see “Customizing the appearance of display bodies,” Section 36.8.

Display body options apply to all display bodies in your model; to customize the appearance of individual display bodies, you can create display groups based on part instances (see “Creating or editing a display group,” Section 52.2.1). Individual item coloring can also be applied to individual display body part instances to override the edge and/or fill colors specified as general display body options; see “Customizing the display color of individual objects,” Section 51.6, for more information.