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Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:
weak dimensions visibility |
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does anyone know how to lighten up the weak dims in wf & wf2? can't
hardly see them.
Thanks
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David Janes
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Thu Jan 06, 2005 5:56 am Post subject:
Re: weak dimensions visibility |
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: <selmra@comcast.net> wrote
: does anyone know how to lighten up the weak dims in wf & wf2? can't
: hardly see them.
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'View>Display Settings>System Colors' It might be 'Highlight - Secondary' that
controls the weak dim color. You'll have to play with it. But if you want to be
bold and unconventional, set the background color to white, adjust other colors to
contrast, check the 'Blended background' box which does this for modelling but
puts you in a black (and a few other colors) on white environment for drawings. Ya
know, like the Windows world favors and human history since the cave painters has
affirmed. Pro/e black background is just a lame, 80s attempt to imitate AutoCAD.
Get over it, already!!! Nobody winces and acts shocked and horrified in Word,
Excel, PageMaker, Adobe whatever when they see black on white, lines on paper. Why
do they do it in Pro/e!?! It made sense when monitors were crappy and a white
background was a 150W spotlight in your face. But we're going toward LCDs which
are very kind, contrasty without being overpoweringly bright.
Anyway, Selma, do what pleases you, ignore the carping, kneejerk, traditionalist
critics. Yeah, I know that's bold, even when it comes to something as innocuous as
screen colors, but I'd swear we were back in the 50s. I just know that I see
things more clearly and I see things others complain that they can't see. (Yes,
viewing the exact, same file, but, with MY screen colors different from THEIR
black backgrounds.) The shorcut to achieving this is to go to 'Scheme' on the Menu
bar and pick 'Black on White', then adjust from there.
If you want, I'll email you the system colors file I use (syscol.scl). BTW, after
you get your screen colors set the way you want them, Pro/e makes you jump through
two more hoops. Pro/e is not a Windows program, no Registry is involved in this.
NOTHING IS SAVED AUTOMATICALLY. You have to go to the top, and do a 'File>Save'.
Put it likely in the 'Start in' directory. Then, from within Pro/e, do
'Tools>Options' and set the system_colors_file option by browsing to your
syscol.scl file.
David Janes |
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:32 am Post subject:
Re: weak dimensions visibility |
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David Janes wrote:
| Quote: | : <selmra@comcast.net> wrote
: does anyone know how to lighten up the weak dims in wf & wf2? can't
: hardly see them.
:
'View>Display Settings>System Colors' It might be 'Highlight -
Secondary' that
controls the weak dim color. You'll have to play with it. But if you
want to be
bold and unconventional, set the background color to white, adjust
other colors to
contrast, check the 'Blended background' box which does this for
modelling but
puts you in a black (and a few other colors) on white environment for
drawings. Ya
know, like the Windows world favors and human history since the cave
painters has
affirmed. Pro/e black background is just a lame, 80s attempt to
imitate AutoCAD.
Get over it, already!!! Nobody winces and acts shocked and horrified
in Word,
Excel, PageMaker, Adobe whatever when they see black on white, lines
on paper. Why
do they do it in Pro/e!?! It made sense when monitors were crappy and
a white
background was a 150W spotlight in your face. But we're going toward
LCDs which
are very kind, contrasty without being overpoweringly bright.
Anyway, Selma, do what pleases you, ignore the carping, kneejerk,
traditionalist
critics. Yeah, I know that's bold, even when it comes to something as
innocuous as
screen colors, but I'd swear we were back in the 50s. I just know
that I see
things more clearly and I see things others complain that they can't
see. (Yes,
viewing the exact, same file, but, with MY screen colors different
from THEIR
black backgrounds.) The shorcut to achieving this is to go to
'Scheme' on the Menu
bar and pick 'Black on White', then adjust from there.
If you want, I'll email you the system colors file I use
(syscol.scl). BTW, after
you get your screen colors set the way you want them, Pro/e makes you
jump through
two more hoops. Pro/e is not a Windows program, no Registry is
involved in this.
NOTHING IS SAVED AUTOMATICALLY. You have to go to the top, and do a
'File>Save'.
Put it likely in the 'Start in' directory. Then, from within Pro/e,
do
'Tools>Options' and set the system_colors_file option by browsing to
your
syscol.scl file.
David Janes
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David,
I would very much like a copy of your system colors file. I've just
set my colors to black on white and so far I like it very much. I
figure you've done the grunt work ofchanging any necessary colors. I,
as yet, don't know what needs changing.
thanks
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Fri Jan 07, 2005 12:33 am Post subject:
Re: weak dimensions visibility |
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David Janes wrote:
| Quote: | : <selmra@comcast.net> wrote
: does anyone know how to lighten up the weak dims in wf & wf2? can't
: hardly see them.
:
'View>Display Settings>System Colors' It might be 'Highlight -
Secondary' that
controls the weak dim color. You'll have to play with it. But if you
want to be
bold and unconventional, set the background color to white, adjust
other colors to
contrast, check the 'Blended background' box which does this for
modelling but
puts you in a black (and a few other colors) on white environment for
drawings. Ya
know, like the Windows world favors and human history since the cave
painters has
affirmed. Pro/e black background is just a lame, 80s attempt to
imitate AutoCAD.
Get over it, already!!! Nobody winces and acts shocked and horrified
in Word,
Excel, PageMaker, Adobe whatever when they see black on white, lines
on paper. Why
do they do it in Pro/e!?! It made sense when monitors were crappy and
a white
background was a 150W spotlight in your face. But we're going toward
LCDs which
are very kind, contrasty without being overpoweringly bright.
Anyway, Selma, do what pleases you, ignore the carping, kneejerk,
traditionalist
critics. Yeah, I know that's bold, even when it comes to something as
innocuous as
screen colors, but I'd swear we were back in the 50s. I just know
that I see
things more clearly and I see things others complain that they can't
see. (Yes,
viewing the exact, same file, but, with MY screen colors different
from THEIR
black backgrounds.) The shorcut to achieving this is to go to
'Scheme' on the Menu
bar and pick 'Black on White', then adjust from there.
If you want, I'll email you the system colors file I use
(syscol.scl). BTW, after
you get your screen colors set the way you want them, Pro/e makes you
jump through
two more hoops. Pro/e is not a Windows program, no Registry is
involved in this.
NOTHING IS SAVED AUTOMATICALLY. You have to go to the top, and do a
'File>Save'.
Put it likely in the 'Start in' directory. Then, from within Pro/e,
do
'Tools>Options' and set the system_colors_file option by browsing to
your
syscol.scl file.
David Janes
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David,
I would very much like a copy of your system colors file. I've just
set my colors to black on white and so far I like it very much. I
figure you've done the grunt work ofchanging any necessary colors. I,
as yet, don't know what needs changing.
thanks |
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