You can use the symbol plot options to customize the appearance of symbol plots. Select Options
Symbol from the main menu bar or click 
in the toolbox to access the Symbol Plot Options dialog box. Click the following tabs to customize the appearance of symbol plots in the current viewport:
Color & Style: The Color & Style page contains the following tabs:
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.
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 options such as the render style, edge visibility, deformation scale factor, and translucency are located in the Common Plot Options dialog box. If you choose to plot symbols on both the undeformed and the deformed shape, you can use the Superimpose Plot Options to customize the appearance of the undeformed shape. To learn how to customize the render style and other display characteristics of your symbol plot, see Chapter 36, “Customizing plot display.” For more information on tensor and field output variables, see “Overview of field output variable selection,” Section 24.4.1. For more information on selecting the results step, see “Selecting a specific results step and frame,” Section 24.2.1.
