User:Jcreer/Choose Color Ramp

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Choose color ramp dialog

The Choose color ramp dialog allows selecting or creating a a color palette for . The Choose color ramp dialog is opened from the Color Ramp... button on the Contours and Vectors tabs of the Display Options dialog.

The Choose color ramp dialog allows the user to select a color palette for the contour display. A selected color palette will be applied to the contours of the selected mesh or grid. The check mark Check Mark.svg indicates which color palette is currently active. A color palette can be reverse by selecting the Reverse ramp colors Palette forward.svg button.

The Legacy options... button will bring up the Color Ramp Options dialog that was used in earlier versions of SMS. This dialog can only be accessed with editable and custom color palettes.

The color palettes are organized in the following folders:

  • Favorites – This folder will not appear if there are no favorited color palettes in the project. Color palettes can be added to this folder by right-clicking on a color palette in a different folder and selecting the Make favorite command. Color palettes can be removed from this folder by right-clicking on the color palette and selecting Remove from favorites.
  • This project – This folder lists all color palettes that are in use in the open project. Color palettes are saved with the project. A color palette can be removed from the project by right-clicking on a color palette in this folder and selecting Remove from project.
  • Aquaveo – Contains a list of commonly used color palettes that have been pre-generated by Aquaveo.
  • Colorcet – Contains multiple of additional folders of specific color palette categories. The available folders are:
    • Categorical
    • Colorblind
    • Cyclic
    • Diverging
    • Linear
    • Rainbow
    • Relief Shading
  • FHWA – Contains a list FHWA specified color palettes.

Right-Click Menus

The Choose color ramp dialog contains right-click menus for the available color palettes. The available commands are as follows:

  • Make favorite
  • Edit
  • Rename
  • Duplicate
  • Remove from project
  • Make favorite
  • Make editable copy
  • Remove from favoites

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