Color Bar Legend

The color bar legend is a floating panel that displays the color-to-value mapping used by the heatmap visualization in Results mode. It appears when a solver result is selected and the heatmap is active.

Location and behavior

The color bar legend is rendered as a floating panel inside the viewport. By default it appears near the bottom-right area of the viewport. You can:

• Drag the panel by its title bar to reposition it anywhere in the viewport.
• Resize the panel by dragging its edges or corners. The gradient bar scales proportionally -- its height follows the panel height, and its width is approximately 22% of the panel width.
• Collapse the panel using the chevron button in the title bar to temporarily hide the gradient while keeping the panel header visible.
• Close the panel using the "Scale" toggle button in the results toolbar, which controls panel visibility.

Gradient bar

The gradient bar is a vertical color strip that maps from minimum (bottom) to maximum (top). The gradient used depends on the visualization type:

Displacement gradient

Used for displacement results. The gradient transitions through five color stops from bottom to top:

• Low (bottom)
• Mid-low
• Mid
• Mid-high
• High (top)

The exact colors are determined by the active application theme (dark or light mode).

Stress gradient

Used when viewing stress results on thermal analyses. The gradient transitions through four color stops:

• Low (bottom)
• Mid-low
• Mid-high
• High (top)

Stress colors are also determined by the active application theme.

The visualization type switches between displacement and stress based on the active thermal visualization mode setting.

Value labels

Three labeled values appear to the right of the gradient bar:

Label	Position	Value
Max	Top	The upper bound of the color range
Mid	Center	Half of the max value
Min	Bottom	Always zero (0.00e+0)

All values are displayed in scientific notation with two decimal places (e.g., 3.45e-2).

Scale modes

Below the gradient, a button displays the current scale mode. Clicking this button cycles through three modes in order:

Mode	Label	Description
90th Percentile	90th Percentile	The max color maps to the 90th percentile value of the result data. Outliers beyond this appear as the max color. This is the default.
Absolute Max	Absolute Max	The max color maps to the absolute maximum value in the result data.
Manual Range	Manual Range	The user defines the min and max range manually.

You can also change the scale mode from the heatmap dropdown in the results toolbar (hover or right-click the Heatmap button).

Color component

The heatmap can color by different data components, selectable from the results toolbar heatmap dropdown:

Component	Description
Magnitude	The overall displacement or stress magnitude (default).
X Component	Displacement or stress in the X direction only.
Y Component	Displacement or stress in the Y direction only.

The selected component affects which statistical data (90th percentile, absolute maximum) is used for the color range.

When the legend is visible

The color bar legend appears only when all of these conditions are met:

1. A solver result is actively selected.
2. The heatmap visualization is enabled.
3. Displacement statistics have been computed for the result.
4. The color bar panel visibility toggle is on (controlled from the results toolbar).

Related pages

• Viewport Tools -- toolbar reference including results mode controls
• Status Bar -- solver progress display in the status bar