DXF DWG colors

[pallen]

Can anyone show me how to set up a dxf_export.pro file

I'm trying to export DWG and DXF files from a drawing and no mater what
I do, I end up with an autocad file that shows black lines for geometry
and yellow lines for dimensions and the title block. I really
need a way to set dims and title block to another color and I can't
make it work!

Thanks,

Peter

 

[puppet]

in wf2. u can set where the drawing gets the colour from.

ie model or drawing .

make sure u set it to drawing if u want black and white. otherwise the colours are comming from ur models

 

[pallen]

Puppet,

Your talking about view colors right? Mine were set to 'from model' but
either way an exported drw file shows geometry as Black and all
dimensions and title blocks as yellow.

Do you know another way to override the yellow default colors that show up in the exported files?



thanks

 

[puppet]

wierd.

i just did it. and it was white geometry and yellow dimensions



possibly ur using a bugged versions of wf?

wf2 M0000 was BUGGYYY as hell from what i heard especially when it came to dxf

 

[pallen]

sorry, I made a mistake in my last posting,

What I meant was that the exported DXF or DWG file shows all dimensions and title bloks in yellow and geometry in Black.



I know the dxf_export.pro option will let you specify a
dxf_export.pro file and the problem I'm having is with setting up this
file.

I did this before with WF1 when I had tech support but now I don't have support and I can't get it to work.



I've attached the file in case you want to check it out.

First of all I don't know what number goes with which color but I still
can't get it to do anything when I change them. DXF and DWG files always have dims in
yelllow.

when you look at them in AutoCAD




2005-02-08_220618_dxf_export.zip

btw: i'm using a licensed version of WF2 f000



Thanks for your help.

Peter

 

[puppet]

wherre does that file go?

so i can test it for u ? but off hand i would say its ur release of wf.

i think they are up to m100? or m090?

 

[dan_moran]

Peter,

If you are just trying to get rid of the yellow text, dimensions, and crosshatching, you can change the system colors to a "Black on White" or "White on Black" scheme (in 2001, go to View - Display Settings - System Colors). Then when you make your dxf copy, the yellow stuff becomes black.

Dan

 

[pallen]

Dan,

Thanks for the tip.

That's a good way to override the system colors.

I figured out how to set up the dxf_export.pro file.

After linking to it through the config.pro, it creates dwg or dxf file
with blue dims and title blocks. I'm not sure what all the color #'s
are but this files worked for me...



map_color BACKGROUND_COLOR 3

map_color DIMMED_COLOR 3

map_color LETTER_COLOR 5

map_color HIGHLIGHT_COLOR&nb sp; 3

map_color EDGE_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR 3

map_color GEOMETRY_COLOR&nbs p; 0

map_color HIDDEN_COLOR 8

map_color SHEETMETAL_COLOR 3

map_color
CURVE_COLOR
3

map_color VOLUME_COLOR 3

map_color SECTION_COLOR&nbsp ; 5

map_layer DXF_AXIS 1

map_layer DXF_CONTINUOUS_LINE 2

map_layer DXF_HIDDEN_LINE 3

map_layer DXF_DIMENSION 4

map_layer DXF_TEXT 5

map_layer DXF_HATCHING 6

map_layer DXF_TABLE 7

map_layer DXF_BALLON 8

map_layer DXF_FORMAT 9

map_line_style solidfont bylayer

map_line_style phantomfont bylayer

map_line_style ctrlfont bylayer

map_line_style bylayerfont bylayer

map_line_style dashfont bylayer

map_line_style ctrlfont_s_l bylayer

map_line_style ctrlfont_s_s bylayer

map_line_style ctrlfont_l_l bylayer

map_line_style dashfont_s_s bylayer

map_line_style phantomfont_s_s bylayer

map_line_style ctrlfont_mid_l bylayer



Thanks,

Peter

 

[proed]

Here's some more details onpen assignmentsfrom the PTCHelp files...






Pen Number
System Color
Mapping
Default weight

1
Geometry (white)
Curves (brown)
Volume (magenta)
Visible geometry (plot as solid lines, except where noted):
Cross-section cutting plane lines: plot as phantom lines
Cross-section cutting plane arrows and text
Drawing format and boundary
Tag text
Centerline line font with white color
3

2
Letter (yellow)
All items plot as solid lines (except where noted):
Dimension lines
Leaders
Axes and centerlines: plot as centerlines
Geometric tolerance lines
All text (except cross-section text)
Balloon notes
Cross-hatching
Yellow portion of datum planes
Centerline line font with yellow color
1

3
Hidden (gray)
Hidden lines: plot as dashed lines, phantom font
2

4
Highlight (red)
All items plot as solid lines:
Red portion of datum planes
Spline surface grid (does not plot in drawings)
2

5
SheetMetal (green)
Sheet metal color entities
2

6
Section (cyan)
Sketcher section entities
2

7
Dimmed Menu (gray)
Toggled sections, grayed dimensions and text, dimmed tangent edges
1

8
Edge High (blue)
Spline surface grid
1
Edited by: proed

 

[dan_moran]

AutoCAD's colors:
1 = Red
2 = Yellow
3 = Green
4 = Cyan
5 = Blue
6 = Magenta
7 = White/Black (depending on background color setting)
8 = Dark Gray
9 = Light Gray
10-255 = various shades of above

 

[rohitagr]

A very basic question. How to use the above file. Whether to keep in working directory or there is some option in config.pro