
Product: Abaqus/CAE
Benefits: Abaqus/CAE now provides greater control over arrow color in symbol plots and enables you to display a smaller, random sampling of symbol plot arrows. These enhancements improve the usability and effectiveness of symbol plots.
Description: You can now display arrows in a symbol plot with a custom, uniform color or with different colors that depend on the value of the variable at that location. For vector symbols a uniform color selection determines the color for all arrows in the plot; for tensor symbols separate color options are available for coloring each of the three principal components. Figure 133 shows a symbol plot displayed with its tensor arrows colored to reflect variable value.
You can also display a smaller subset of the arrows in a symbol plot if you want to clarify a plot with many arrows. The Symbol Plot Options now include a Symbol density slider for vector and tensor symbols that enables you to increase or decrease the number of vector and tensor arrows displayed in the plot.
Visualization module:
Options
Symbol: Color & Style: Vector or Tensor tabbed page: Color options
and Symbol density slider