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Ben813-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
October 30, 2024
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How to set the colour for tangent edges in drawing?

  • October 30, 2024
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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?

 

Best answer by MartinHanak

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.

2 replies

kdirth
21-Topaz I
kdirth21-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
October 30, 2024

What version of Creo are you using?

 

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

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Ben813-AquamarineAuthor
13-Aquamarine
October 30, 2024

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.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby IIIAnswer
24-Ruby III
October 31, 2024

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.

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gcambiaghi14-Alexandrite
14-Alexandrite
November 18, 2024

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

 

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
November 18, 2024
@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.

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