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Dale_Rosema
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Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
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August 31, 2018
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Config.pro option to change color of export to DWG's

  • August 31, 2018
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Last year I added a config.pro option below which allowed .dwg file to be black & white (WF5).

intf2d_out_dxf_mapping_file   (Directory path to dxf_export.pro)

 

We are now switching to Creo 4.0 and it is back to the color of the drawing on the screen (Yellow with white [black on the scree] background. Very hard to see on a file viewer.

 

I could not find that config option while searching Creo 4.0 options. Does anyone have a suggestion for another one?

Thanks, Dale

Best answer by Dale_Rosema
@Dale_Rosema wrote:

Last year I added a config.pro option below which allowed .dwg file to be black & white (WF5).

intf2d_out_dxf_mapping_file   (Directory path to dxf_export.pro)

I found my error - instead of directory path to dxf_export.pro is needs to be directory_path/folder/subfolder/dxf_export.pro

 

Since I had forgot to add the filename to the end of the path, it wasn't finding the file.

** So confusing as to when to point to the directory and when to point to the file  🙂

 

Thanks Martin for all you help in this!

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
September 3, 2018

Hi,

 

I found INTF2D_OUT_DXF_MAPPING_FILE option in E:\PTC\Creo4_M060\Creo 4.0\M060\Common Files\text\config.cdb file. It seems to me that the option must work. Maybe you have to add it manually into config.pro.

    Dale_Rosema
    23-Emerald III
    Dale_Rosema23-Emerald IIIAuthor
    23-Emerald III
    September 4, 2018

    I had added it to the manually to the config.pro. Do you know what file it is looking for? I have a file: "dxf_export.pro" that looks like a pen table with all values set at "7".

    M
    MartinHanak24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    September 4, 2018

    Hi,

     

    let me explain following line extracted from E:\PTC\Creo4_M060\Creo 4.0\M060\Common Files\text\intf_configs\dxf_export.pro

    map_color       GEOMETRY_COLOR            7

     

    This line tells that visible geometry edges (GEOMETRY_COLOR in Creo) will get Autocad color no. 7 (white) in DWG/DXF.

     

    You can see Autocad color numbers on web page http://sub-atomic.com/~moses/acadcolors.html.

    I guess that in dxf_export.pro you can also use color names (eg. yellow, white, ...) or RGB values instead of numbers.

     

    map_color       GEOMETRY_COLOR            7

    map_color       GEOMETRY_COLOR            White

    map_color       GEOMETRY_COLOR            255,255,255

     

    Therefore the above lines have the same meaning.

      Dale_Rosema
      23-Emerald III
      Dale_Rosema23-Emerald IIIAuthorAnswer
      23-Emerald III
      September 7, 2018
      @Dale_Rosema wrote:

      Last year I added a config.pro option below which allowed .dwg file to be black & white (WF5).

      intf2d_out_dxf_mapping_file   (Directory path to dxf_export.pro)

      I found my error - instead of directory path to dxf_export.pro is needs to be directory_path/folder/subfolder/dxf_export.pro

       

      Since I had forgot to add the filename to the end of the path, it wasn't finding the file.

      ** So confusing as to when to point to the directory and when to point to the file  🙂

       

      Thanks Martin for all you help in this!

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