Fast way to apply color to lines of b/w bitmap images?

[Olaf Pfeifer]

Hi there,

does anybody know a quick hack to apply color to b/w lines of bitmap images? 

 

I end up dragging b/w drawings from spec sheets etc. into drawings on a daily basis, usually just to check if something fits. It is great that the background of those bitmaps can be set to transparent! But as soon as there are multiple bitmap drawings on overlay, it becomes confusing. 

Usually, I go to photoshop then to replace the color black with another one in the original bitmap file, and re-import it. But since Vectorworks has image effects - could this step be done in Vectorworks? Unfortunately, it seems impossible to change the black part of a bitmap without loosing the whiteness of the background ... anyone?

[Matt Panzer]

Yes!  Change the fill to "Pattern", change the foreground color to the desired color, then change the fill back to "None" and you should get what you're after.

 

 

 

[Matt Panzer]

Tip:  If you need to do this a lot, you can setup a bunch of classes (one for each color) with the attributes setup like this and have the bitmap objects use those classes and their attributes.

[Olaf Pfeifer]

Awesome! Exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks a lot!

 

[bcd]

Whaddya know - great one Matt, hidden indeed!

[Matt Panzer]

You're welcome @Olaf Pfeifer!

 

@bcd, Yup.  It's an oldie but a goodie. 🙂