You can apply color coding for two or three different color mappings to the viewport at the same time. Displaying multiple color mappings can reveal interactions between aspects of the model that might not be apparent when you display the color mappings separately. For example, you might want to display color mappings for both Boundary conditions and Loads in the same viewport.

To add another color mapping to the Color Mappings portion of the dialog box, click Advanced and select Add Mapping from the list that appears. ABAQUS/CAE adds another tabbed color mapping to the dialog box, in which you can display any color mapping by selecting the mapping from the Color Code by list. Figure 51–2 shows the Color Code dialog box with the Boundary conditions and Loads color mappings displayed.

You can also remove a color mapping from the dialog box by clicking its tab and selecting Remove Current Mapping from the Advanced list.

When multiple color mappings are open, ABAQUS/CAE applies color mappings for the leftmost color mapping first, before proceeding to the mapping or mappings to its right. You can display up to three color mappings at a time, but ABAQUS/CAE does not permit you to reorder the tables. If you want to color code attributes in a different order, you must close each color mapping and then add the color mappings in the order in which you want ABAQUS/CAE to display them in the viewport.