Data Bar - Colors Grid
- Last UpdatedSep 04, 2023
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The Colors grid provides a means of controlling the colours of certain entities that appear in the graphics views.
Colors grid column functions
|
Column |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Entity |
The name of a particular visible entity or entity type (read only). |
|
Color |
A visual indication of the colour of the entity |
|
R |
Value of the red component of the entity colour (valid range 0-255) |
|
G |
Value of the green component of the entity colour (valid range 0-255) |
|
B |
Value of the blue component of the entity colour (valid range 0-255) |
Colors can be set by double-clicking on the Color cell of a particular entity and choosing a color from the standard Windows color chooser dialog that appears.
Alternatively, the R, G, B color components can be typed in. These cells support copy <Ctrl+C> and paste <Ctrl+V> operations to and from other spreadsheet-style grids.
The entities for which colors can be set are shown below. The colors of entities that do not exist in the design are retrieved from and saved to the registry at the beginning and end of each session.
Colors grid column functions
|
Column |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Entity |
The name of a particular visible entity or entity type (read only). |
|
Colour |
A visual indication of the colour of the entity |
|
R |
Value of the red component of the entity colour (valid range 0-255) |
|
G |
Value of the green component of the entity colour (valid range 0-255) |
|
B |
Value of the blue component of the entity colour (valid range 0-255) |
Colors can be set by double-clicking on the Colour cell of a particular entity and choosing a color from the standard Windows color chooser dialog that appears.
Alternatively, the R, G, B color components can be typed in. These cells support copy <Ctrl+C> and paste <Ctrl+V> operations to and from other spreadsheet-style grids.
The entities for which colors can be set are shown below. The colors of entities that do not exist in the design are retrieved from and saved to the registry at the beginning and end of each session.
Entities and their colour source
|
Entity |
Description |
Default value from |
|---|---|---|
|
Background |
Background in graphics views |
Design |
|
Control polygon |
The polygon formed by the control vertices |
Registry |
|
Vertices |
Control vertices |
Design |
|
Data points (Ordinary) |
Data Points of type Ordinary |
Design |
|
Data points (Tangent) |
Data Points of type Tangent |
Design |
|
Data points (Knuckle) |
Data Points of type Knuckle |
Design |
|
Gridlines (100 m) |
Widest spaced scaled grid lines |
Registry |
|
Gridlines (10 m) |
Intermediate scaled grid lines |
Registry |
|
Gridlines (1 m) |
Intermediate scaled grid lines |
Registry |
|
Gridlines (0.1 m) |
Intermediate scaled grid lines |
Registry |
|
Gridlines (0.01 m) |
Intermediate scaled grid lines |
Registry |
|
Gridlines (0.001 m) |
Closest spaced scaled grid lines |
Registry |
|
Base plane |
Rectangular plane at z=0 in oblique view |
Registry |
|
Surface (front) |
Colour used for smooth rendering the front (outside) of surface patches |
Design |
|
Surface (back) |
Colour from smooth rendering the back (inside) of surface patches |
Design |
|
Cut Sections |
Colour of section curves cut from the surface |
Registry |
|
Cut Waterlines |
Colour of waterline curves cut from the surface |
Registry |
|
Cut Buttocks |
Colour of buttock curves cut from the surface |
Registry |
The colors of individual curves are taken from Lines, but can be changed from in the Curves grid of the Data Bar (though this is not recommended).
See also Data Bar - Colors Grid.