Quick Color Dialog

To access this dialog:

In the Command toolbar, run one of the following commands to display the Quick Color dialog:

quick-color-all: lists all loaded design items in the Overlays To Color group.
quick-color-drillholes: lists only loaded drillholes in the Overlays To Color group.
quick-color-models: lists only loaded block models in the Overlays To Color group.
quick-color-planes: lists only loaded planes in the Overlays To Color group.
quick-color-points: lists only loaded points in the Overlays To Color group.
quick-color-strings: lists only loaded strings in the Overlays To Color group.
quick-color-wireframes: lists only loaded wireframes in the Overlays To Color group.
You can also access these commands using the Format ribbon's Overlays | Quick Color menu.

The Quick Color dialog allows you to quickly apply a specified color or legend to selected overlays of a particular type.

Field Details:

Overlays To Color: the loaded design items of the type(s) associated with each relevant command are listed in the Overlays To Color group. Select the Overlays check-box to apply a specified color or legend to all listed items, or alternatively select individual overlays.

Coloring: this group allows you to apply coloring criteria, and access a history of previously-used color settings.

Color: specify a color for the overlays you select in the Overlays to Color box, using the drop-down list.

Legend: specify a legend for the overlays you select in the Overlays to Color box.

View Legend: displays the legend selected in the Legend drop-down list:

Edit Legend: launches the Legends Manager Dialog which allows you to edit available legends:

Column: specify the column in the selected overlays for which the legend is associated. Only columns which are common to all selected overlays are listed.

History: displays the last 10 color settings used, in the following formats:

1. - For legends: Legend, Column – for example Blue-Red, AU. If a filter legend is used, then just Legend is displayed.
  - For fixed colors: colors are represented as a combination of red, green and blue - for example, red is listed as255, 0, 0.

Entries in the History drop-down list are updated whenever you click Apply or OK. If a new entry already exists, then the existing entry is removed and the new entry is added to the top of the list.

OK: applies the selections made in the Coloring group to the overlays specified in the Overlays To Color group, and closes the Quick Color dialog.

Apply: applies the selections made in the Coloring group to the overlays specified in the Overlays To Color group, without closing the Quick Color dialog.

Cancel: closes the Quick Color dialog without applying any changes.

	Related Topics
	Formatting Object Overlays Legends Manager Dialog