Color Settings
- Last UpdatedOct 10, 2025
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The Colour Settings: All Views window sets the defaults colors for the display of the current element, the active element, other visible elements and the colors used for aid lines and highlighting.
The General Colours pane has the following options:
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CE |
Displays the color used for the current element. |
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Active |
Displays the active color; that is, the color of the owner of the current element. |
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Visible |
Displays the visible color, the color in which Drawlist elements other than the current element is displayed. |
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Aids |
Displays the color used to display graphical aids, for example measuring lines. |
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Highlight |
Displays the color used to highlight elements which have been picked for a subsequent operation, for example deletion or for adding to a list. |
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Tracing |
Displays the color used to display tracing. |
To change any of these colors, click on the colored square to the right of the name, for example CE.
Select the new color from the displayed Current Element Colour window.
Click More to access the full palette.
Click Cancel to accept the change or Reset to the previous color.
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Element colors are set globally (for all views). You can explicitly specify colors
for elements when they are added to the Drawlist using the controls at the bottom
of the Colour Settings: All Views window.
Auto Colour
Toggles the Auto Colour rules On/Off.
Refer to Auto Colour Rules Window for further information.
Edges
Toggles Edges On/Off. Select Edges to display edges to those elements discovered by the applying the rule.
Translucency
Sets the translucency of displayed elements. The degree of opaqueness can be controlled by selecting the required percentage translucency from the drop-down list, Solid (0%) color to 100% is completely transparent.
Colour
Displays a color palette. Select a specific color.