Model Color Settings
Change how geometry and mesh entities are visualized in the modeling window by selecting a color mode.
From the View Controls toolbar, click 
and select a color mode.
and select a color mode.- 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.
- 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).
- Element Quality
- Color elements based on their quality, which is defined by the 2D element criteria settings. The element quality legend displays in the upper left-hand corner of 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).