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How to set the colour for tangent edges in drawing?

Ben8
13-Aquamarine

How to set the colour for tangent edges in drawing?

I can't find how to set the colour of tangent edges in the drawing. 

Say I have a a simple extrude with fillets (rounds) on the corners:

Ben8_0-1730282440854.png

 

The tangent edges (from the Round feature) appear to be green in the drawing:

Ben8_1-1730282489581.png

 

The tangent edges are dimmed. If i set them to be Solid instead of dimmed, then the tangent edges become black:

Ben8_2-1730282545574.png

 

When I print the drawing (save as PDF) it gomes through with black lines (not green). But I think i have some config.pro setting to ignore pen tables, but i can't remember exactly what exactly it can be. Anyway, it seems to be only a visual thing at the moment, but it is still doesn't look right.

 

I looked through Creo settings, drawing settings, pen table and I seem to be unable to find anything that changes this colour. Can somebody guide me into the right direction?

 

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MartinHanak
24-Ruby III
(To:Ben8)

Hi,

in Creo 9.0.2.0

1.] I created new part, set dimmed tangent edges and change their color to green

MartinHanak_0-1730387732386.png

2.] I created new drawing, set colors from model, set dimmed tangent edges

MartinHanak_1-1730387809607.png

3.] my config.pro contains following options

use_8_plotter_pens yes
pen_table_file E:\users\creo7_parametric\pentable.pnt
pdf_use_pentable YES

 

4.] E:\users\creo7_parametric\pentable.pnt contains following pen definition

pen 9 thickness 0.035 cm; dimmed_color

 

5.] PDF file contains green tangent edges

MartinHanak_2-1730387948649.png

 

6.] I uploaded test files.


Martin Hanák

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kdirth
21-Topaz I
(To:Ben8)

What version of Creo are you using?

 

For a PDF, in the options you can choose from Color/Grayscale/Monochrome.


There is always more to learn in Creo.
Ben8
13-Aquamarine
(To:kdirth)

I am using Creo 9. 

It seems that even with "Color" export to PDF is chosen, the exported file has black tangeng edges (not green).

Im looking for a way how to change the display colour on Creo drawing while it is still in CAD, not after it is exported to PDF.

Let me know if I can provide further information.

MartinHanak
24-Ruby III
(To:Ben8)

Hi,

in Creo 9.0.2.0

1.] I created new part, set dimmed tangent edges and change their color to green

MartinHanak_0-1730387732386.png

2.] I created new drawing, set colors from model, set dimmed tangent edges

MartinHanak_1-1730387809607.png

3.] my config.pro contains following options

use_8_plotter_pens yes
pen_table_file E:\users\creo7_parametric\pentable.pnt
pdf_use_pentable YES

 

4.] E:\users\creo7_parametric\pentable.pnt contains following pen definition

pen 9 thickness 0.035 cm; dimmed_color

 

5.] PDF file contains green tangent edges

MartinHanak_2-1730387948649.png

 

6.] I uploaded test files.


Martin Hanák
Ben8
13-Aquamarine
(To:MartinHanak)

Hi Martin,

 

thank you! It is a secondary highlight setting.

How on earth did it make sense to PTC to call tangent edges a "Secondary highlight" I will never know ...

But thanks for your help, I've set it to black and now they are consistent with the rest of the model view in the drawings.

I've marked your answer as a solution.

 

Hi Martin

I too am changing the colors for the tangency display however there is a problem that the secondary selection also changes the writing in the 3d on the annotations of insertion mode, simplified representation etc. isn't there a different way? My problem is not so much the tangency but it's just changing the color of the lettering because the tangency is fine with me as I have it set which is a gray, only on the black background the lettering doesn't show well.

Thanks

gcambiaghi_0-1731949213643.png

 


@gcambiaghi wrote:

Hi Martin

I too am changing the colors for the tangency display however there is a problem that the secondary selection also changes the writing in the 3d on the annotations of insertion mode, simplified representation etc. isn't there a different way? My problem is not so much the tangency but it's just changing the color of the lettering because the tangency is fine with me as I have it set which is a gray, only on the black background the lettering doesn't show well.

Thanks

gcambiaghi_0-1731949213643.png

 


Hi,

unfortunately, I don't know if your problem is solvable according to your ideas.


Martin Hanák
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