Carl Burnett Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Hello, I have used the drum kit symbol from VW library how do I change the colour of the kit? the only kit I could find is red. also: in plan view how do I change the colour of a lighting fixture? Thank you you for your help CB Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee JustinVH Posted March 22, 2019 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 22, 2019 @Carl BurnettIn order to change the color of the drum shell you will have to edit the 3D portion of the symbol and change the red extrude to a different fill color. The workflow is as follows: -In Resource Manager choose the symbol to edit and right click -Choose Edit 3D Component -This will enter the 3D component of the symbol, it helps to be in OpenGL when you do this so you can see all the components -Choose the red extrude and change the fill color in the attributes palette -You will have to do this for each individual component in the kit -When finished click Exit Symbol at the top right What do you mean by the color of a lighting fixture? Are you looking to change the color of the symbol or the actual light that the light is outputting? 1 Quote Link to comment
Carl Burnett Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 Hi thanks for that. i have 2 symbols that are very similar so, I want to make the outline of one of them a different colour. thanks again CB Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee JustinVH Posted March 22, 2019 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 22, 2019 @Carl BurnettThat is very simple to do. Instead of editing the 3D component like you do for the drums choose the Edit 2D components choice when you right click the symbol and you will enter the 2D line work. Simply select the outline and in the Attributes Palette change the pen color and exit the symbol. you can also add text if you wish from here as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
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