topic Re: Fill Background Pen in Libraries & objects

Fill Background Pen

Electric Flute — Wed, 24 May 2023 09:37:26 GMT

Default Fill Background Pen is set to pen 19 to all objects in AC. Using a standard Pen Set, pen 19 is white. This is a pain if you use a different Pen Set.

Why default Fill Background Pen is not Pen 0 (Transparent) or -1 (Window Background Color)?? Regardless of Pen Set used, this offers standard result.

Is there a way to change it globally?

Re: Fill Background Pen

Jochen Suehlo — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 13:26:03 GMT

Extract the lcf-file and then run the LP_XML_Converter, converting all GSMs to XMLs.
Use an editor with file transcending search and replace, replace the default value in all objeccts.
Then convert all files back to GSM.

Or, if the value should not be changable anymore: Write a master.gdl file or a global master file where the value is set by PARAMETERS or VALUES.
(which may wor; i haven't tried)

Re: Fill Background Pen

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 20:09:17 GMT

Or change your pen sets so Pen 19 is white Much easier, and will still work when you update libraries in the future.

Re: Fill Background Pen

Electric Flute — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:51:05 GMT

Joachim wrote:
Extract the lcf-file and then run the LP_XML_Converter, converting all GSMs to XMLs.
Use an editor with file transcending search and replace, replace the default value in all objeccts.
Then convert all files back to GSM.

Or, if the value should not be changable anymore: Write a master.gdl file or a global master file where the value is set by PARAMETERS or VALUES.
(which may wor; i haven't tried)

Uuuh this looks complex. Thank you for your reply.

s2art wrote:
Or change your pen sets so Pen 19 is white Wink Much easier, and will still work when you update libraries in the future.

Yes, this is much easier, you are right! But I still prefer Pen 0 (Transparent) and I don' t understand why Graphisoft chose Pen 19.