Colour conventions for STEPLIB diagrams

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This page decribes how the convensions for colours used in STEPLIB diagrams

General

To make the shapes clearer for those with colour vision deficiency, the colours have been carefully selected, and all shapes should be diplayed without gradient fill, and without 3D shadow. These are controlled in the Diagram Properties.

Figure 32 Remove Gradient Fill and Shadow in Diagram properties

Colours for mapping Parametric Diagrams

The following table shows the different colours that should be used for the properties typed to elements from the different models.

The exception is for Constraint properties that have the same colour on all diagrams.

Element	Background	Pen	Text
Activity model	231 231 231	153 121 92	0 0 0
Data Planning model	231 231 231	153 121 92	0 0 0
Domain model	140 153 255	153 121 92	255 255 255
Core model	204 255 204	153 121 92	0 0 0
ARM	255 255 204	153 121 92	0 0 0
Data Types model	231 231 231	153 121 92	0 0 0
ConstraintProperty	204 204 255	153 121 92	0 0 0
ConstraintParameter	255 255 255	0 0 0	0 0 0
FlowPort	255 255 255	0 0 0	0 0 0

Colours for Block Definition Diagrams

In the BDD, different colours are use for the different SysML entities as shown in the following table.

The exceptions are for the SysML entities contained in the DataTypes model that should have a different colour to other ValueType, though these are not normally displayed outside of a Block Part compartment.

Element	Background	Pen	Text
Block	221 205 158	153 121 92	0 0 0
ValueType	255 203 255	153 121 92	0 0 0
Enumeration	255 203 255	153 121 92	0 0 0
Enumeration Literal	255 203 255	153 121 92	0 0 0
Auxiliary (Select Type)	231 255 255	153 121 92	0 0 0
ConstraintBlocks	204 204 255	153 121 92	0 0 0
InstanceSpecification	255 240 180	153 121 92	0 0 0
Data Types model	231 231 231	153 121 92	0 0 0

Section author: Judith Crockford (AP243)