Color Palette Manager Custom Color Creation Bug Mac.

[Bruce Kieffer]

We had a user group workshop today, and all the other participants with Macs confirmed the same results. In the attributes palette create a new custom color palette or use one you have already created. Double click it to open the palette, and then click new in the lower left corner to add a new color. Name the new color and choose or make the color. Click OK... Now what? Everything is locked up. Click enough times and Vectorworks crashes.

 

Now wait like 30 seconds as Vectorworks relaunches. BLEEP! Fix this, it drives me nuts. It's besides the point, but really 30 seconds to launch?

 

As we investigated why Vectorworks was locked up we found the create color dialog box had moved behind the other dialog boxes. Move the other dialog boxes out of the way and there you will find the hidden create color dialog box. Click OK in that and you're back in business.

 

 

Click the color box in the attributes palette to see this window, then click the wrench and pencil icon to open the Color Palette Manager.

 

Double click a Color Palette from the left side list to edit that list.

 

Click New in the Edit Palette window.

 

Enter a name and create a color by clicking in the white rectangle right of Color.

 

Make a color, then click OK

 

Now what, things are locked up it seems. The screen looks like this. Click around a few times, and Vectorworks crashes. Or...

 

Move both the Edit Palette and Color Palette Manger windows out of the way to re-expose the New Color window so you can click OK and get back to work.

Edited March 28, 2017 by Bruce Kieffer

[Bruce Kieffer]

Hey, am I the only one who creates custom colors?

[AlanW]

But aren't you color blind??

Edited April 5, 2017 by Alan Woodwell

[Bruce Kieffer]

Yes, red/green. I don't choose the colors, I have my wife do that, but I do create them in Vectorworks so I can use them and know they are correct since I named them as I do in the custom color palette.

 

So Alan, you are using a Windows machine, correct? I assume this bug does not affect you?

[AlanW]

Hi, No i haven't actually tried to create custom colour swatches, unfortunately I just draw it now I don't get to design it now which is ok now at my age.

But I will try and see if I have issues. 

Regards

Alan

 

Thanks Bruce, I just tried something new and yes I use windows and all went well, it created another tab at the bottom for me to choose from. This is just another feature of VW I should use. Thanks 

Edited April 5, 2017 by Alan Woodwell

[bcd]

Here are 3 examples of a 12 step progression of the color shift problem:

[Bruce Kieffer]

bcd, what are you trying to show us in the "shift" problem?

[bcd]

posted in the wrong tread - should have been here:

I'm showing how the color shifts progressively using the Mac eyedropper

 

per Jim W "Even in an overly simplified example, where I place two crossing rectangles, assign a random color to one and then try to use the color picker to assign it as the fill of the other fails. I get a shade that's close to the original but it always seems to come out darker"

[Bruce Kieffer]

Interestingly, the example highlights my color blindness. I see no difference from end to end in the middle band.

[bcd]

It's very subtle. The rate of progression of the shift differs for different tones. Here it is with the last beside the first. It's a pale blue trending to a turquoise.

[Bruce Kieffer]

Like I said, no color difference for me.

[zoomer]

For me that looks ok.

It shifts in a linear manner, like a computer will and can do.

 

Maybe a painter would use a more pleasing non-linear manner,

individually between color, saturation and hue ?

[Bruce Kieffer]

Let's get back to the original topic. Can other Mac users confirm the same results of the hidden "Close" dialog box?

[PVA - Admin]

7 minutes ago, Bruce Kieffer said:

Let's get back to the original topic. Can other Mac users confirm the same results of the hidden "Close" dialog box?

Apologies I missed this, yes this is a confirmed bug here as well: VB-139527