You can customize the color, length, thickness, and arrowhead appearance of the material orientation plot triad axes. You can also suppress the appearance of one or more of the triad axes.
To customize the triad appearance:
Select Options
Material Orientation from the main menu bar or click 
in the toolbox.
The triad options appear.
Toggle on the buttons to the left of each of the axes to display or suppress them.
Click on the color samples to select the color or colors of your choice for the visible triad axes in the plot.
Drag the Size slider to increase or decrease the length of the axes in the material orientation triads in your plot. Axis length ranges from 0 to 30; the default length is 6.
Note: You can specify an axis length value larger than 30 by using the Abaqus Scripting Interface. See “Using the Python interpreter,” Section 4.3 of the Abaqus Scripting User's Manual.
From the Basis options, select Screen size or Model size as the basis for calculations of axis length in material orientation triads. If you select Screen size, Abaqus/CAE resizes the triads as you change the size of the viewport; and if you select Model size, Abaqus/CAE resizes the triads as you zoom in and out.
Click the arrow next to the Thickness field, and select the axis thickness of your choice.
Click the arrow next to the Arrowhead field, and select the arrowhead design of your choice.
Click Apply to implement your changes.
The material orientation plot triads in the current viewport change to reflect your settings.
Your changes are saved for the duration of the session and will affect all subsequent material orientation plots.
