The Color of Detailed Objects

Learn how you can set the colors of detailed objects on drawings using defaults.

When you create drawings, the color for objects is based on a set of user controlled defaults, instead of layers as done in modeling. The layers in the prototypes are not relevant to the configuration, placing different objects with no influence to how the objects are drawn, such as color, line-type, and visibility.

Single Part and Assembly Drawing Colors

For all single part and assembly drawings, the color of the objects is based on line type. The same color is used for the visible lines of any object, without differentiating between beams, plates or bolts. These colors are specified in the Management Tools application, under the Drawing-Presentation/Colors category. You can specify colors before or after the drawing is created. Updating the drawings will always use the current setting of the color defaults:



General Arrangement Drawing Colors

You can specify colors for detailed objects on general arrangement drawings in the Management Tools application, under the Drawing-General category, using the Use model layers for detail objects in Overview details option:


When this option is not checked, the same rules as for assigning the object color based on line type (like for Single Part/Assembly drawings) will be used.

When this option is checked, the colors used for the object visible lines will be the same as the colors in the model. Based on line color, you can differentiate between object types (such as columns, rafters and plates), if they are placed on different color layer in the 3D Model.

Additionally, you can override those color settings and force a color to be used for a specific object/line type. This is done with the automatic detailing mechanism (Drawing Style).