Change Color Settings

Change how entities are colored in the modeling window by selecting a color mode.

From the View Controls toolbar, click / and select a color mode.

HyperMesh

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
Ignore surface topology and color surfaces and surface edges blue. Color solid faces and face edges 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.
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.
Mixed
Color surfaces and solid faces based on the component to which they belong, and color surface edges and solid face edges by topology.
Part
Color all surfaces based on the part to which they belong.
Property
Color elements based on the property assigned to that element.
Thickness
Color elements according to their thickness values.
Topology
Color 2D faces gray, and color surface edges by topology: red (free edges), green (shared edges), yellow (t-junctions), and blue (suppressed edges). Color solid faces and face edges transparent green (bounding faces), and color internal faces yellow (full partition faces).

HyperView

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

Automatic
File
Axis
Layer

MotionView

Systems
Bodies