Color Themes Library

Use the Color Themes Library to quickly update your diagram and graph styles with some new and updated preset themes! Simply add the Color Themes Library into your model to update your model’s theme.

When you open the Color Themes Library, you’ll see the following screen:

The Color Themes Library shows examples of each node class, including text, picture, form, and slider defaults as well as an Example Diagram to show how the selected theme looks. Under these examples there is a Select Diagram Theme menu which allows you to select theme and other options, and a Graph Examples menu which allows you to select graph themes and see examples of the selected settings on various graph types. At the bottom of the window are two buttons, Set all nodes to default color and border styles and Export Anastyle.

Notes

• Nodes and graphs that already have non-default options selected will not update when defaults are changed. If you have nodes with explicit color and style settings that you would like to revert to model defaults, use the Set all nodes to default color and border styles button at the bottom right of the library.
• Arrow border colors will only change in Analytica versions 6.3.0 or newer
• Slider bars (and styles) will only display in Analytica versions 6.3.0 or newer
• Bar graph outlines will only change in Analytica versions 5.0.7 or newer

Select Diagram Theme Menu

Use the Select Diagram Theme menu to update your model’s default theme options. This menu includes the following options:

• Diagram colors
• Include borders
• Use node colors for borders (hidden when borders are not included)

Diagram colors

The Diagram colors drop-down select menu allows you to select one of our preset themes. Changing this menu automatically updates model defaults to the selected theme.

The available themes are shown in the table below:

Diagram Color Themes available in Color Themes Library

2023	2023 Dark
Classic	Monochrome
Viridis	Plasma

Include borders

Use the Include borders option to toggle borders on nodes on and off. When Include borders is selected, the Use node colors for borders option will appear under it. Changing this option will also toggle borders on and off in graphs.

Some themes will automatically update the Include borders option to the selected theme’s  default when you change themes, but this option can still be changed according to your tastes.

Use node colors for borders

Use the Use node colors for borders option to toggle between a singular border color for all nodes and custom border colors depending on each nodes’ color. See the table below for examples of the options:

Examples of nodes with different border options

Include borders ☐	Include borders 🗹 Use node colors for borders ☐	Include borders 🗹 Use node colors for borders 🗹

Graph Examples Menu

The Graph Examples menu allows you to change your graph theme and view various example graphs. By default, the Same diagram and graph themes option is selected and graphs will match the selected Diagram colors.

If you uncheck the Same diagram and graph themes option, the Graph theme drop-down menu will appear on the right hand side of the menu. This provides a list of graph theme options for you to choose from. Changing the Graph theme drop-down will update the graph settings accordingly.

Click on the Result icon () to the right of each graph to see an example of that graph.

Examples of the available themes are shown in the table below:

Graph Themes available in Color Themes Library

2023	2023 Dark
2023 Rainbow	2023 Dark Rainbow
Classic	Monochrome
Viridis	Plasma

Set all nodes to default color and border styles

At the bottom right of the Color Themes Library is a Set all nodes to default color and border styles button. Nodes with explicit colors and styles will not update when model defaults are changed. This button reset all nodes with explicit colors and styles so they will use the defaults, i.e., the colors from the selected theme, again.

Export Anastyle

At the bottom right of the Color Themes Library is an Export Anastyle button. Clicking on this button will save your selected diagram and graph theme options into an Anastyle file that can be imported into other models. This way you can easily import your selected options into other models without having to import the Color Themes Library and select your options again. You can import an Anastyle file to a model the same way you would add a Library into a model.

Reverting to the Classic Theme

If you’re using the Color Themes Library and would like to go back to the Classic Analytica theme, you can simply select the Classic diagram colors and graph theme options.

Analytica also comes with the default Classic theme saved as an Anastyle file. You can use this file to revert any model to the Classic Theme without importing the Color Themes Library using the following steps:

1. Go to File > Add Library…
2. This should open the Select Library File window. By default this should be open in the Libraries folder. If not, this Libraries folder is usually accessible by going to C:/Program Files/Lumina/Analytica/Libraries.
3. Open the Node Styles folder.
4. Select the Defaults.anastyle file and press Open.