EJM Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 How can I choose the colour of a symbol to make it stand out more ? Some lights are already blue/red/green others only black. Quote Link to comment
scottmoore Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 In the resource palette, find the symbol in question, right click on it and select “edit 3D” and make your adjustments. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee jcogdell Posted September 30, 2019 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 30, 2019 You can also do this using class attributes or the attribute palette go to Spotlight preferences (File-Document Settings-Spotlight Preferences) open the 'Classes and Color' pane toggle on the 'Modify Lighting Instrument Color' check box and then choose how you would like to control the fixtures color Next choose either 'Lighting Instrument' to control the color by class based attributes or 'Color Field' for direct control using the 'Attribute Palette' settings Note, if you choose class based you can define which class or classes are controllable using the 'Modify only geometry in the class' drop down menu. You also have the option to save these settings a default at the bottom of the dialogue so you only have to go through this process once In 2019 it is the same basic process but the old preferences dialogue has everything on in a single dialogue window 1 Quote Link to comment
EJM Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Thank you both very much. Quote Link to comment
atom.design Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 This is very useful. However, when I go this route, I never get the color I want. All colors appear to have black in them, the white color looks grey, a bright yellow looks dusty gold, etc etc. Any thoughts on what I might be missing? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee jcogdell Posted March 27, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 27, 2020 If the preset colours are not doing what you want try setting the RGB values directly, you will get better control of the colour this way Quote Link to comment
EJM Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Hi, I think Atom.design is asking about the colours emitted by lights when visualised ? My question was about the colour of the unit symbol in the drawing. Thanks Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee jcogdell Posted March 27, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 27, 2020 You can use direct RGB values for both! for colouring symbols click on the fill or pen colour in the attribute palette and then on the standard colour picker icon. for the colours emitted by lighting instruments when visualised you can access the same standard colour picker either in the lighting Device dialogue, which is accessed by using the edit button in the OIP or using the edit command in the right click menu. Or by using using the colour field in the properties dialogue opened using the edit light command from the right click menu. Quote Link to comment
atom.design Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 thanks! It was due to the direction of the master lighting source. All of this information is still very useful, thank you. Quote Link to comment
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