You can control the color of many aspects of the main drawing window, such as background color, crosshairs color, and more.
To set colors of the main drawing window
1 Do one of the following to choose Options (
):
• On the ribbon, choose the Application button then choose Options, or choose Tools > Options (in Manage).
• On the menu, choose Tools > Options.
• Type options and then press Enter.
2 Click the Display tab.
3 Click Color Scheme.
4 In Context, select the area that contains items for which you want to specify colors.
5 In Items, select the item for which you want to specify a color.
6 In Colors, select a color or choose Select Color for more options.
7 Click On/Off to show or hide the item (available only if the selected item can be turned off).
8 When you have finished, click Apply & Close.
To save and open color schemes
1 Do one of the following to choose Options (
):
• On the ribbon, choose the Application button then choose Options, or choose Tools > Options (in Manage).
• On the menu, choose Tools > Options.
• Type options and then press Enter.
2 Click the Display tab.
3 Click Color Scheme.
4 Make any adjustments before you save the settings.
5 Click Save to save the current color selections as a color scheme file.
6 Click Load to select a color scheme (.xml or .clr file) and load it.
7 Click Apply & Close.
Color schemes are an easy way to reuse favorite color settings.
If you work on more than one computer, save a color scheme to a file and load the file on another computer.
To restore colors to their defaults
1 Do one of the following to choose Options (
):
• On the ribbon, choose the Application button then choose Options, or choose Tools > Options (in Manage).
• On the menu, choose Tools > Options.
• Type options and then press Enter.
2 Click the Display tab.
3 Click Color Scheme.
4 Do one of the following:
• Reset a single item — Select the item you want to revert to the default color, then click Current Item.
• Reset all items in a context — Select the context, then click Current Context. All items in the current context will be reverted to their default colors.
• Reset all colors — Click All Colors. All items in all context will be reverted to their default colors.
5 Click Apply & Close.
