Problem:

Beams appear as a dark Black on stress color plots:

Why and how to avoid?

Solution:

There are a few possible causes:

1. Graphics card settings color depth is every low (ex. 4 bit or 16 colors)

2. Changed the default color map NonStress to black.

As one can see below the normal color of a beam on a computer with higher color depth setting and default AutoPIPE profile is a dark shade of grey:

Avoidance:

1. Confirm color settings under Tools> Color> NonStress 

OR

2. Reset AutoPIPE profile. (tools> settings> Preference).

See Also

Bentley AutoPIPE