Color mappings are session-specific settings that are not saved to the model database or output database. If you want to save your custom color coding definitions, you must either create a color macro or write the selected color mapping to an ASCII file. A color macro records all of the color mappings and your initial color selection, while an ASCII file records the current color mapping only. You can run a color macro as you would any other macro; see “Managing macros,” Section 9.11.
To save a color macro:
Click the 
tool in the Color Code toolbar.
Abaqus/CAE displays the Color Code dialog box.
Click Advanced, and select Save Color Macro from the list that appears.
Abaqus/CAE displays the Create Macro dialog box, which indicates the location where the macro will be saved.
Enter a Name for this macro, and click OK.
Abaqus/CAE saves the macro, making it available for you to run from the Macro Manager dialog box.
To read or write an ASCII file for a color mapping:
Click the tool in the Color Code toolbar.
Abaqus/CAE displays the Color Code dialog box.
Click mouse button 3 with the cursor positioned over the Color Mappings table, then select one of the following choices from the list that appears:
Select Write to File to select a file name and to save the current color mapping.
Select Read from File to select a file name and to read the contents of a saved color mapping.
