---
title: COLORMAP
tags: colormap
---
 
# COLORMAP

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This command builds the colormap.  In reality it only builds the
material adjacency graph, from with the colormap can be quickly
generated when needed.


## SYNTAX

<pre>
<b>colormap</b>/ [<b>add</b> or <b>create</b> or <b>delete</b>] /[cmo_name]
</pre>

**`add`** -- The material adjacency characteristics of the specified
mesh object is added to the existing material adjacency graph, which
is created if it didn't exist.  This is the default action.

**`create`** -- The existing material adjacency graph is deleted and a
new one created from the specified mesh object.

**`delete`** -- The material adjacency graph is deleted if it exists. 
Any specified mesh object is ignored.

   

## EXAMPLES

```
colormap/create/ mesh1

colormap/mesh2

colormap/delete
```