Editing and Moving the Color Map

The von Mises stresses, the displacements, the precision, the principal stress distributions are employed along with a color map. The color map is the image legend that helps you interpret the image.

Important: The deformed mesh images do not have a color map.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:
  • The solution must be computed.
  • An image must exist and must be activated.
Related Topics
Generating Images
Editing Images
Activating and Deactivating Images

Edit the Color Map

Editing the color map enables you to emphasize on particular values spread on your model.

  1. Double-click the color map either in the specification tree or in the 3D view.

    The Color Map dialog box appears.

  2. If you want to compute the colors according to the boundary based on elements, select the On boundary check box. In this case, On boundary is displayed under the color map to indicate that this option is activated. If you want to compute the colors according to the overall entities, clear the On boundary check box.



  3. Optional: In the Number of colors box, modify the number of colors that you want to use in the color map.

  4. Optional: To modify the color distribution, click .

    The Colors dialog box appears.

    • If you want to use a discrete color map, select the Discrete check box. This option is useful when the number of separate values is not large. In this case the number of colors in the color map is deducted from the number of separate values (for example: material images, physical type images). The Discrete option is available only if the number of separate values is less than 30.
    • If you want to smooth the colors, select the Smooth check box.
    • If you want to inverse the color order in the color map, select the Inverse check box.

  5. If you want to impose a maximum value, select the Imposed maximum check box, and enter a value.

  6. If you want to impose a minimum value, select the Imposed minimum check box, and enter a value.

  7. Optional: To modify advanced parameters, click More>>.

    The Color Map dialog box enlarges to give you access to other parameters.

  8. Optional: In the Distribution mode list, select one of the following distributions:

    • Linear to distribute regularly the values between the minimum value (computed or imposed) and the maximum value (computed or imposed).
    • Histogram to distribute values so that each interval contains the same number of entities. The Histogram distribution is not available if the Imposed maximum and Imposed maximum check boxes are selected.
    • Logarithmic to distribute logarithmically the values between the minimum value (computed or imposed) and the maximum value (computed or imposed). The Logarithmic distribution is available only if the minimum value (computed or imposed) is strictly positive.

  9. Optional: To impose or release a particular value, right-click a line in the list and select Impose or Release.

  10. Optional: To edit a particular value, right-click a line in the list and select Edit....

    The Edit Value dialog box appears

    1. Enter a new value.
    2. Click OK.

      The new value is taken into account in the list, and this value is considered automatically as imposed.

  11. Optional: Modify the display format.

    1. In the Style box, choose one of the following formats: Scientific, Decimal, or Automatic.
    2. In the Number of significant digits box, modify the number of digits you want to display.

  12. Click Apply to apply the modifications.

  13. Click OK.

Move the Color Map

You can move the color map for a better display of your results.

  1. Click the color map.

    The part viewer is deactivated and the image visualization is shaded.

  2. Drag and drop the color map to the desired location.

  3. Click again the color map to fix it at the desired location.