26.4 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 26.4.1
“Stylizing line-type contours,” Section 26.4.2
“Customizing banded-type contours,” Section 26.4.3
“Contouring line-shaped elements with tick mark contour plots,” Section 26.4.4
“Customizing tick mark contour plots,” Section 26.4.5
“Choosing the contour method,” Section 26.4.6
“Setting contour limits,” Section 26.4.7
“Annotating the minimum and maximum contour values,” Section 26.4.8
“Controlling how ABAQUS/CAE computes contour limits,” Section 26.4.9
“Customizing contour colors,” Section 26.4.10
“Creating a new color spectrum,” Section 26.4.11
“Customizing contour intervals,” Section 26.4.12

To learn how to customize the render style, translucency, or model edge characteristics of your contour plot, see Chapter 36, “Customizing plot display.” For information on adding nodal-averaged orientations to your contour plot, see “Displaying nodal-averaged orientations,” Section 36.5.6. For information on the computation of result values, see “Understanding how results are computed,” Section 24.5.1.