topic Re: fill in color in Documentation

fill in color

dhnguyen — Fri, 26 May 2023 00:23:34 GMT

I usually do the fill in layout space so the color show up - for presentation purpose, and they plot just fine. Wall lines black, fills in color as I want it.
However, this time I want to do the fill in model space so I can show the square footage, however, when i publish the drawing, it does not come out in color.... how do I do I get the fills to show up in color while keeping the walls black when I publish?

Re: fill in color

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:19:16 GMT

When you placed the View as a Drawing on a Layout, select the Drawing and go to its settings Dialog. In the "Size and Appearance" panel, there is a "Color" field, which should be set to "Defined by Pen Set".
Then you should see you Drawing's content in Color on the Layout.

The other thing could be the Publishing Settings - they may be set to "Grayscale" instead of "Color".

Re: fill in color

dhnguyen — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:15:16 GMT

I just want the fill to be in color and not the walls and lines. If I select "color" in my "drawing selection settings" dialog, all items will be in color. is there another solution to do the fill in model space and have it come out in color instead of doing it in layout space?

Re: fill in color

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:47:12 GMT

Since you are in 18 you don't have Graphic Overrides as options so the only way to do it is to create a new Pen Set to define the colors for that type of drawing and then you can keep the drawing view as Color which is the correct option.

Re: fill in color

dhnguyen — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:18:55 GMT

So I created a new pen set as you suggested, it did get all the walls to show up black and the fill to be in color as i wanted, all in model space. However, when I go to layout, updated view with the right pen set, but everything shows up black instead...

Re: fill in color

Eduardo Rolon — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:13:53 GMT

Check that the Pen Sets ettings for the drawing placed on have “By View” and colors “Defined by Pen Set”

Re: fill in color

dhnguyen — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:31:09 GMT

awesome, thank you!