Library Toolbar :

 

Manage Colors Tool is used to create/edit/delete Color Objects. See detail description for different properties of Color Objects.

 

Using the Manage Colors Tool:

Find one of the Manage Colors Tool icon from the Library Toolbar (color coded peach) and highlight it. While highlighted Click on the tool. Manage Colors Dialog will show up and allows editing of Color Objects. After performing required operation in manage dialog, left click on OK button to save it to drawing. If Cancel button is left clicked, all the changes performed since opening of this manage dialog are undone.

 

 

 

 

Select Color:

To select a Color, Left click on one of the color names from the list displayed on left hand side of manage dialog.

 

View/Edit Colors:

To view properties of Color, select a color as described in Select Color. The Preview section will show the selected color as it will appear in drawing. All properties for selected color are displayed on right hand side of manage dialog. Action Buttons available for selected color will be displayed under Actions section below the color names list.

 

Add Colors:

To add Color to drawing, Left click on add button () under Actions. This opens a standard dialog to choose colors. After selecting required color click on OK and a new color is added to drawing's color library. By default the Name property of color object is set to R,G,B value for newly created color.

 

 

Delete Colors:

To delete Color from drawing, select a color as described in Select Color section. Left click on delete button() under Actions section. The selected color will be deleted. Delete button() becomes unavailable when there is no color selected or selected color is hsCADCreator's default created color.

 

Import Colors from a drawing:

To import Color from a drawing, Left click on import button() under Actions section. This opens a standard file select dialog. After selecting required drawing file click on OK and colors existing in selected drawing file will be added to current drawings color library.

 

 

Also See:

Color Objects

Library Toolbar