Change Color Settings
Change how entities are colored in the modeling window by selecting a color mode.
HyperMesh
Click 
on the View Controls toolbar to control the face color. Face colors affect both
the geometry and mesh. When not appropriate for one or the other, the color is gray
(for instance element quality colors geometry as gray).
- Automatic
- Switches to the appropriate color mode depending on the active tool.
- 1D/2D/3D
- Color elements based on their topology: green (1D), blue (2D), and red (3D).
- 3D Topology
- Color 2D faces blue, color solid faces transparent green (bounding faces), and color internal faces yellow (full partition faces).
- Assembly
- Color elements and surfaces based on the assembly to which they belong. Color surfaces that do not belong to an assembly are colored gray.
- Body
- Color the model based on the body entities generated via the Mechanism Browser.Note: Only available in the Radioss and LS-DYNA solver interface.
- Component
- Color elements, surfaces, and solid faces based on the component to which they belong.
- Configuration
- Color elements based on their configuration (mass, reb2, spring, bar, rod, gap tria3, quad4, tetra4, and so on).
- Domain
- Color elements based on the domains they belong to. A domain is a morphing entity which enables design changes to an existing FE topology. Each domain receives a different color. Any elements that do not belong to a domain are colored gray.
- Element Quality
- Color elements based on their quality, which is defined by the 2D element criteria settings. The element quality legend displays in the modeling window to assist you in evaluating the element quality.
- Feature
- Color faces based on geometric features (as detected by the Assembly > Features tool), such as holes, fillets, and flanges.
- Mappable
- Display surfaces in wireframe, and color surface edges blue (ignoring topology). Color solid faces by mappability: red (not mappable), yellow (1D mappable), or green (3D mappable). Color solid face edges by topology.
- Material
- Color elements based on the material assigned to that element.
- Part
- Color all surfaces based on the part to which they belong.
- Property
- Color elements based on the property assigned to that element.
- Subsystem
- Color surfaces based on the subsystem to which they belong.
- Thickness
- Color elements according to their thickness values.
- Topology
- Color 2D faces gray, color solid faces transparent green (bounding faces), and color internal faces yellow (full partition faces).
- Zone
- Color plies based on zone composite data.
- Custom
- Color modes that are non-standard and only available while using certain tools fall under the custom color category.
Click 
on the View Controls toolbar to control the edge color.
- Automatic
- Switches to the appropriate color mode depending on the active tool.
- 3D Topology
- Color surface edges blue unless they are part of a solid. Solid geometry edges are shown in their topology colors: red (free edges), green (shared edges), yellow (t-junctions), and blue (suppressed edges).
- Feature
- Color edges based on geometric features (as detected by the Assembly > Features tool), such as holes, fillets, and flanges.
- Topology
- Color all surface edges by topology: red (free edges), green (shared edges), yellow (t-junctions), and blue (suppressed edges).
Click 
on the View
Controls toolbar to control the connector color.
on the View
Controls toolbar to control the connector color.- Automatic
- Default color mode to the state of the connector.
- State
- Color on their state (Unrealised, Realised, Failed, Modified).
- Layer
- Color on the number of Layers it’s realising to (T1, T2, and so on).
- Style
- Color based on the type of connector (Attachment, Spot, Line, Fastener, Area).
- Control
- Color based on the control applied.
- Subsystem
- Color based on the subsystem the connector has been organised into.
HyperView
Click 
on the View Controls toolbar.
- Multi-Window
- Click the multi-window icon to apply the color mode of the active model to all the models on the page.
- Component
- Color elements, surfaces, and solid faces based on the component to which they belong.
- Model
- Color by model. Model color can be set in the Results Browser.
- Normal
- Color elements by their normal. A positive normal side will be displayed in red and a negative normal side of an element will be displayed in blue. This mode is applicable only to shell elements. Other types of elements will be shown in gray.
- Part
- Color by part.
HyperGraph
Click 
on the View Controls toolbar.
- Automatic
- File
- Axis
- Layer
MotionView
Click
on the View Controls toolbar.
- Systems
- Bodies