MODFLOW Display Options

Workflow context
For the workflow context, see 📘 MODFLOW Specifics

Display options may be slightly different depending on the window from which it is launched. General display preferences and colors carry between different windows. After making any changes click 'Save' to save display preferences or click 'Cancel' to exit without changing preferences.

Display options

  - Display options [dropdown]: These are the draw options for the main result and cross section displays (equivalent to 'draw' in the results window).
  - Reset All Defaults [button]: This resets all display options to defaults.

Grid and Zoom [expandable]

  - Gridlines [checkbox and color picker]: turn on/off model grid or change color
  - Layers (for XS) [checkbox and color picker]: turn on/off layer lines for cross section or change color.

Zoom Window
  - x min/max [decimal]: use to specify the left/right sides of the zoom box, this should be within the figure x axis (leave empty to display whole model).
  - y min/max [decimal]: use to specify the bottom/top of the zoom box, this should be within the figure y axis (leave empty to display whole model).
  - draw rectangle [button]: click to defined the zoom window from the display. Once activated,clicking on the model map defines the zoom window diagonal.
  - clear [button]: click to reset zoom window

Cell Color [expandable]

  - Fill [dropdown]: Fill to show on model display. For model results this option is only active if Result Display/draw includes 'fill'.
  - Colormap [keyword]: keyword for matplotlib colormap to be used for fill. [default rainbow].
  - Display Legend [checkbox]: select to show colorbar associated with fill.

Boundary Conditions
  - Specified Head [checkbox and color picker]: turn on/off CHD package display or change color.
  - River [checkbox and color picker]: turn on/off RIV package display or change color.
  - Drain [checkbox and color picker]: turn on/off DRN package display or change color.
  - General Head [checkbox and color picker]: turn on/off GHB package display or change color.
  - Lake [checkbox and color picker]: turn on/off LAK package display or change color.
  - Well [checkbox and color picker]: turn on/off WEL package display or change color.
  - Inactive [checkbox and color picker]: turn on/off IBOUND display or change inactive color.

Line/Contour [expandable]

Specify line properties for head contours in model map or cross section, or lines in hydrograph and calibration plots.
  - Style [dropdown]: select linestyle for plot contours or lines [default 'solid'].
  - Thickness [decimal]: enter line width for plot contours or lines [default 1.0].
  - Color [color picker]: change line color for plot contours or lines.
  - Colormap [checkbox and keyword]: choose to apply selected colormap to head contours. [default rainbow].
  - Number of Contours [integer]: Select number of contour lines for display [default 40].
  - Label Contours [checkbox]: Add contour labels [default unchecked]

Flow Vectors [expandable]

  - Color [color picker]: change arrow color for plot vectors.
  - Draw frequency [dropdown]: frequency of flux vectors on plot [default 'auto' plots every row/column up to 60 arrows in each direction].
  - Normalize [checkbox]: Option to normalize vector lengths; this option should be used for models when long vectors obscure other displays.
  (note: vectors originate in the cells whose values they display and are trimmed to a max length of two standard deviations above the mean).

Chart Marker [expandable]

Change markers for hydrograph and calibration plots.
  - Shape [key]: marker shape options [default x; though any options supported by matplotlib are allowed]
  - Color [color picker]: change marker color for hydrograph and calibration plots.
  - Size [decimal]: marker size for plot markers [default 3.0].