*setdisplaycolor

Syntax

*setdisplaycolor item color

Type

HyperMesh Tcl Modify

Description

Sets the display color for the specified item.

Inputs

item

Specifies the item to set. Supported values are:

• 1 – free edges
• 2 – shared edges
• 3 – suppressed edges
• 4 – non-manifold edges
• 5 – global coordinate axis labels
• 6 – fin faces on solids
• 7 – bounding faces on solids
• 8 – full partition faces on solids
• 9 – 2D topology faces
• 10 – component edges
• 11 – not supported (background color1). Use *setbackgroundcolors.
• 12 – ignored topology faces
• 13 – elements no props/mats
• 14 – ignored solid mappable
• 15 – not solid mappable
• 16 – 1 directional solid mappable
• 17 – 3 directional solid mappable
• 18 – global X axis
• 19 – global Y axis
• 20 – global Z axis
• 21 – not supported (background color2). Use *setbackgroundcolors.

color

The color to set the object type to. Valid values are 1-64. A value of 0 indicates to set the color of that object to the background color value.

Example

To set the current color of “fin faces on solids” to 1:

*setdisplaycolor 6 1

To set the current color of “1 directional solid mappable” to 10:

*setdisplaycolor 16 10

Errors

None.