Setting and Modifying the Color

The drop-down list button enables you to:

  1. Set the current Color
  2. Modify the Color of selected entities
Using the button inside commands
While mode 2 (changing the color of selected entities) can be used only when no command is active, mode 1 (setting the current color) is available also inside commands, which can be very useful. Suppose, for example, you have started the Parallel Line command; once you have selected the reference line, you can change the current color so that it will be applied to the resulting parallel line, which will be drawn in the new current color you chose.

Setting the current Color

The current color is the color used to draw entities on the screen. For example, if the current color is green, all entities you create will be green. You can obviously change the current color. When you do it, all entities created after you changed it will be created with the new color, while the ones already created will not be affected by the change (please note that in order to define the color settings for the 3D and 2D environments, you can use the Colors and Materials command).
To change the current color, proceed as follows.

  1. Click on the scrolling arrow to display the set of available colors.



  2. Two alternative methods are available.
    1. In the Color palette, select the color to be set as the current one.



    2. Select an entity in the document. The color of the selected entity will be set as the current one.

The color you chose is now the current one; all entities subsequently created will be drawn using this Color.

Note that the current Color can also be modified using the Color command.

Modifying the Color of selected entities

To modify the color of existing entities, proceed as follows.

  1. Select the entities you want to change the color of.



    Note that if the selected entities have different colors, the Color drop-down list button will display no color.

  2. In the Color palette, select the color to be applied.



    The color of all the selected entities will be changed.

Please note that the Color attribute of an entity can also be changed using the Edit Properties and the Assign Properties commands.

You can also apply, different colors to individual faces of a solid.

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