The Background and Colors tab of the Options dialog is used to configure the background color of the model display pane.
Either a single solid color, or a color gradient can be set for the model display pane.
Dialog elements
- System/MDI Background
- Change the appearance of the multiple document interface (MDI) background. This is the area behind any model windows.
- System default
- Displays a blank grey background.
- Logo
- Displays the Autodesk® logo as the background.
- Image
- Displays an image as the background.
- Click the Select image... button to choose an image.
- Model/View Background
- Change the appearance of the display background for the Model/View.
- Solid
- Sets the background color of the model display window to the color selected to the right.
- Select...
- Select a different color for the solid background color.
- Basic colors
- Displays the basic colors available. Click the closest basic color and then use the color matrix to define a custom.
- Custom colors
- Displays any custom colors you have already defined.
- To change a custom color, select it, and then click Define Custom Colors. When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom Colors.
- To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and then click Define Custom Colors. Define the new color, and then click Add to Custom Colors.
- Define custom color
- Allows you to define a custom color from the color matrix.
- To define a custom color, click the color in the color matrix, and then click Add to Custom Colors.
Tip: You can also enter values for hue, saturation, and luminosity, or red, green, and blue, and then click Add to Custom Colors .
- Hue, Saturation, and Luminance component
- Adjust the overall intensity, lightness and brightness of a color by changing the hue, saturation and luminance values respectively.
There are three ways you can adjust the hue, saturation or luminance:
- Click the arrow on the color slider bar and drag it up and down.
- Click inside the color matrix and move the cursor until the desired color appears in the Color Solid preview box.
- Type a value in the Hue , Sat or Lum text box. The accepted values range from 0 to 240.
- Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) component
- Adjust the overall color balance by specifying the red, green and blue values.
There are three ways you can adjust the red, green and blue color balance:
- Click the arrow on the color slider bar and drag it up and down.
- Click inside the color matrix and move the cursor until the desired color appears in the Color Solid preview box.
- Type a value in the Red , Green or Blue text box. The accepted values range from 0 to 240.
- Color Solid
- Displays a preview of the color defined.
- Gradient
- Set the background color of the model display window to the color gradient specified in the Corner colors area.
- Top [Left-Right] / Bottom [Left-Right]
- Select a different gradient corner color using the Color dialog.