View Options - Colors

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Choose colors for various elements.

Background frame

First color: The first color for the gradient background.

Second color: The solid background color or the second color for the gradient background.

Gradient background: Show the main view with a gradient color from first background color to the second background color.

Faces frame

Faces: The face color of surface bodies.

Inner surface: The color of the shape's inner surfaces.

Use shape color: Use the same color for inner and outer surfaces.

Rubberband / Axes frame

Inverted lines: The current color below the rubberband or axes gets inverted for the rubberband/axes visualization.

Axes: The color of coordinates system axes (the local and the global one), if Multicolored WCS axes is disabled (see View Options - General).

Rubberbands: The color of the rubberband preview during shape construction.

Hexahedral mesh

Errors: Used to visualize errors in the hexahedral mesh, which will lead to an abort of the solver run. (e.g. Watertight errors, Mesher errors)

Informations: Used to visualize informations concerning the hexahedral mesh. (e.g. Staircase based cells, Electrical connectivity)

Lines frame

Working plane: Working plane color.

Mesh lines: Mesh lines color.

Wires: Wire color.

Curves: Curve color.

Voltages: Voltage color.

Currents: Current color.

Bounding box: Bounding box color.

Pick mode frame

Choice: The color of the valid choices in a pick mode .

Selection: The color of the selections made in a pick mode .

Preview frame

First color: The first preview color, used to draw e.g. preview shapes.

Second color: The second preview color, used for drawing helping graphics, black is a good choice.

Color ramp...

Open the color ramp dialog.

Takes the current settings, refreshes the plot window and closes the dialog box.

Cancel

Closes this dialog box without performing any further action.

Preview

Takes the current settings and refreshes the plot window. Use this button to try out different settings. The old settings will be restored if you leave the dialog box by using the Cancel button.

Help

Shows this help text.