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The color mapping of the displayed cell result is controlled by the Color Legend located below a result node in the Project Tree. The legend can be shown or hidden by checking or unchecking the box in front of the Legend Definition.


• Number of levels -- Defines the number of tick marks displayed next to the color legend

• Significant digits -- Defines the number of significant digits in the number formatting

• Number format -- Defines how the numbers are formatted

• Colors -- Defines the color palette

• Mapping -- This option defines how the values are mapped onto the color distribution

  • Discrete Linear -- Legend divided into linear levels defined by Number of levels
  • Continuous Linear -- Continuous linear legend with tick mark count defined by Number of levels
  • Continuous Logarithmic -- Continuous logarithmic legend with tick mark count defined by Number of levels
  • Discrete Logarithmic -- Logarithmic legend divided into levels defined by Number of levels
  • Category -- Special legend with one level for each category, either integer values or formation names.
    Only available for result names ending with NUM or formation names.

• Range type

  • All Timesteps -- values for all time steps are used to find min and max value of the result values represented by the color legend.
    (Not available for Flow Diagnostics results)
  • Current Timestep -- use current (one) time step to find min and max values
  • User Defined Range -- user specifies numeric values for min and max

Furthermore the legend can have a semi-transparent background applied to it by selecting the *Show Box around Legends option in the Preferences dialog.