tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post3447189505452443121..comments2024-03-20T14:03:26.971-04:00Comments on CAD-a-Blog: Chagning Display Colors in AutoCADAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08271671745973808745noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-12582039541095974522008-11-13T08:02:00.000-05:002008-11-13T08:02:00.000-05:00You are right Graham, dark backgrounds often don't...You are right Graham, dark backgrounds often don't do well in screen captures when pasting into presentations, where as a white background does. I have changed my background to white for this reason before, but I prefer a black background for everyday drafting. Maybe it's just because it's what I am accustomed to and i am afraid of change? :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271671745973808745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-67721708913503566612008-11-13T02:47:00.000-05:002008-11-13T02:47:00.000-05:00Hi,I find a light background more useful. I often ...Hi,<BR/>I find a light background more useful. I often screen capture and paste into Power Point or Word. This does not work weel if the screen color is very dark.<BR/>Graham NelsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-17032099077557730832008-11-12T09:18:00.000-05:002008-11-12T09:18:00.000-05:00Paul, great routine. I think that any routine tha...Paul, great routine. I think that any routine that one can create to put your settings the way you want them is great. just run it and draw. Thanks for the tip.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08271671745973808745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161408568828348657.post-77989210541960513652008-11-08T19:41:00.000-05:002008-11-08T19:41:00.000-05:00I like a light background - like the old ivory dra...I like a light background - like the old ivory drawing board covers. I found this procedure a few years back and tweaked it:<BR/><BR/>; Background color changer <BR/>; Gary Maze, SMC Corporation of America <BR/>; 11/27/02 <BR/>;<BR/>; tweaked by Paul Sweet 5/13/05<BR/><BR/>; acadobject is the ActiveX component of the AutoCad instance <BR/>; acadpref is the preferences property of acadobject <BR/>; acaddisp is the display property of acadpref <BR/>; colors are the windows color numbers calculated by the formula<BR/>; red + (256 * green) + (65536 * blue) <BR/>; where red, green, and blue can be 0 (off) to 255 (all the way on) <BR/><BR/>; LB makes a light background with a dark crosshair <BR/><BR/>(defun c:LB () <BR/>(setq acadobject (vlax-get-acad-object)) <BR/>(setq acadpref (vlax-get-property acadobject 'preferences)) <BR/>(setq acaddisp (vlax-get-property acadpref 'display)) <BR/> (vlax-put-property acaddisp 'GraphicsWinmodelBackgrndColor 15659762) ; rgb 242,242,238<BR/> (vlax-put-property acaddisp 'ModelCrosshairColor 165) ; ACAD color 12 - rgb 165,0,0 <BR/>)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com