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12-29-2013, 04:54 PM
Hi All,
Sorry I don't come around often, but I run a couple of businesses and my wife and I are finishing the house we built. Been building on it for 4 years and moved into it in October. Still isn't finished, but livable.
I designed it and drew the plans on DCad 7.0. Still using it and am very satisfied with it. May upgrade to 8.0, but I haven't found a need to[/font] yet. Otherwise I'm able to figure out most problems on my own.
Now that we are moved, I am working on my next project; drawing the plans to the airplane I built in 2007. I'm doing the final touches to the drawings and need a little help with the color pallet. I am red/green color deficient and am having some issues discerning the pallet. I made a .dc file with 2" x 2" squares of every color and had my wife help me with labeling many of them, but even she can't seem to see the difference between many of the colors.
Is there a labeled chart of the pallet anywhere? I did a cursory search and didn't find anything. If not, would someone care to try? I won't blame anyone if they would rather not, but maybe it would be helpful for others as well.
Thanks,
Corey
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Corey,
If I were you I would set up a custom color pallet using only the colors you will need, however, the very top two lines of the standard pallet will contain all primary colors and a few extras (top line in order of appearance: Black, Red, Green, Yellow, blue, Cyan, Crimson, Dark Grey); below that are graduated shades of select colors. Still, your best bet is to design your own pallet so that the colors are in the order you want them to be in. I truly don't know if all colors can be identified by name, so the real question is, what colors do you use?
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According to the DeltaCAD Macro manual the colors they use are:
1st row colors 0-7: BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, PURPLE, BROWN, DARKGRAY,
2nd row colors 8-15: LIGHTGRAY, LIGHTBLUE, DARKGREEN, GREENYELLOW, DARKBLUE, DARKPURPLE, GRAYBLUE, WHITE
The next 18 rows colors 16-159 are not named
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Actually,
I'm way beyond this now, but the colors in DCad 8 are simply the colors from Microsoft found and used on most PC's.
And most DO have names. There are many other color charts on the web too. I copied one and made it a 'New' file which I can call up any time if needed. I also found it very necessary to calibrate my monitor in different lighting environments to be sure I could see them on the screen. Being Red/Green color deficient, and an optician, I've learned to use all the tools I can to help.
Here is one chart I found...I don't think it's the one I saved in DCad, but it gives a good idea of what you can do.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb980062%28v=vs.95%29.aspx
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08-30-2015, 05:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-30-2015, 05:31 PM by AlwMVMO.)
Here are the RED GREEN BLUE values for the chart posted by cdflite.
I could chart Deltacad's colors and see which ones match.
Code:
Color Name Hex value RED GREEN BLUE
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AliceBlue F0F8FF 240 248 255
AntiqueWhite FAEBD7 250 235 215
Aqua 00FFFF 0 255 255
Aquamarine 7FFFD4 127 255 212
Azure F0FFFF 240 255 255
Beige F5F5DC 245 245 220
Bisque FFE4C4 255 228 196
Black 000000 0 0 0
BlanchedAlmond FFEBCD 255 235 205
Blue 0000FF 0 0 255
BlueViolet 8A2BE2 138 43 226
Brown A52A2A 165 42 42
BurlyWood DEB887 222 184 135
CadetBlue 5F9EA0 95 158 160
Chartreuse 7FFF00 127 255 0
Chocolate D2691E 210 105 30
Coral FF7F50 255 127 80
CornflowerBlue 6495ED 100 149 237
Cornsilk FFF8DC 255 248 220
Crimson DC143C 220 20 60
Cyan 00FFFF 0 255 255
DarkBlue 00008B 0 0 139
DarkCyan 008B8B 0 139 139
DarkGoldenrod B8860B 184 134 11
DarkGray A9A9A9 169 169 169
DarkGreen 006400 0 100 0
DarkKhaki BDB76B 189 183 107
DarkMagenta 8B008B 139 0 139
DarkOliveGreen 556B2F 85 107 47
DarkOrange FF8C00 255 140 0
DarkOrchid 9932CC 153 50 204
DarkRed 8B0000 139 0 0
DarkSalmon E9967A 233 150 122
DarkSeaGreen 8FBC8F 143 188 143
DarkSlateBlue 483D8B 72 61 139
DarkSlateGray 2F4F4F 47 79 79
DarkTurquoise 00CED1 0 206 209
DarkViolet 9400D3 148 0 211
DeepPink FF1493 255 20 147
DeepSkyBlue 00BFFF 0 191 255
DimGray 696969 105 105 105
DodgerBlue 1E90FF 30 144 255
FireBrick B22222 178 34 34
FloralWhite FFFAF0 255 250 240
ForestGreen 228B22 34 139 34
Fuchsia FF00FF 255 0 255
Gainsboro DCDCDC 220 220 220
GhostWhite F8F8FF 248 248 255
Gold FFD700 255 215 0
Goldenrod DAA520 218 165 32
Gray 808080 128 128 128
Green 008000 0 128 0
GreenYellow ADFF2F 173 255 47
Honeydew F0FFF0 240 255 240
HotPink FF69B4 255 105 180
IndianRed CD5C5C 205 92 92
Indigo 4B0082 75 0 130
Ivory FFFFF0 255 255 240
Khaki F0E68C 240 230 140
Lavender E6E6FA 230 230 250
LavenderBlush FFF0F5 255 240 245
LawnGreen 7CFC00 124 252 0
LemonChiffon FFFACD 255 250 205
LightBlue ADD8E6 173 216 230
LightCoral F08080 240 128 128
LightCyan E0FFFF 224 255 255
LightGoldenrodYellow FAFAD2 250 250 210
LightGray D3D3D3 211 211 211
LightGreen 90EE90 144 238 144
LightPink FFB6C1 255 182 193
LightSalmon FFA07A 255 160 122
LightSeaGreen 20B2AA 32 178 170
LightSkyBlue 87CEFA 135 206 250
LightSlateGray 778899 119 136 153
LightSteelBlue B0C4DE 176 196 222
LightYellow FFFFE0 255 255 224
Lime 00FF00 0 255 0
LimeGreen 32CD32 50 205 50
Linen FAF0E6 250 240 230
Magenta FF00FF 255 0 255
Maroon 800000 128 0 0
MediumAquamarine 66CDAA 102 205 170
MediumBlue 0000CD 0 0 205
MediumOrchid BA55D3 186 85 211
MediumPurple 9370DB 147 112 219
MediumSeaGreen 3CB371 60 179 113
MediumSlateBlue 7B68EE 123 104 238
MediumSpringGreen 00FA9A 0 250 154
MediumTurquoise 48D1CC 72 209 204
MediumVioletRed C71585 199 21 133
MidnightBlue 191970 25 25 112
MintCream F5FFFA 245 255 250
MistyRose FFE4E1 255 228 225
Moccasin FFE4B5 255 228 181
NavahoWhite FFDEAD 255 222 173
Navy 000080 0 0 128
OldLace FDF5E6 253 245 230
Olive 808000 128 128 0
OliveDrab 6B8E23 107 142 35
Orange FFA500 255 165 0
OrangeRed FF4500 255 69 0
Orchid DA70D6 218 112 214
PaleGoldenrod EEE8AA 238 232 170
PaleGreen 98FB98 152 251 152
PaleTurquoise AFEEEE 175 238 238
PaleVioletRed DB7093 219 112 147
PapayaWhip FFEFD5 255 239 213
PeachPuff FFDAB9 255 218 185
Peru CD853F 205 133 63
Pink FFC0CB 255 192 203
Plum DDA0DD 221 160 221
PowerBlue B0E0E6 176 224 230
Purple 800080 128 0 128
Red FF0000 255 0 0
RosyBrown BC8F8F 188 143 143
RoyalBlue 4169E1 65 105 225
SaddleBrown 8B4513 139 69 19
Salmon FA8072 250 128 114
SandyBrown F4A460 244 164 96
SeaGreen 2E8B57 46 139 87
SeaShell FFF5EE 255 245 238
Sienna A0522D 160 82 45
Silver C0C0C0 192 192 192
SkyBlue 87CEEB 135 206 235
SlateBlue 6A5ACD 106 90 205
SlateGray 708090 112 128 144
Snow FFFAFA 255 250 250
SpringGreen 00FF7F 0 255 127
SteelBlue 4682B4 70 130 180
Tan D2B48C 210 180 140
Teal 008080 0 128 128
Thisle D8BFD8 216 191 216
Tomato FF6347 255 99 71
Transparent FFFFFF 255 255 255
Turquoise 40E0D0 64 224 208
Violet EE82EE 238 130 238
Wheat F5DEB3 245 222 179
White FFFFFF 255 255 255
WhiteSmoke F5F5F5 245 245 245
Yellow FFFF00 255 255 0
YellowGreen 9ACD32 154 205 50
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Only the first 16 Deltacad colors (0-15) matches Microsoft colors. Some even has two names.
The rest of the list I checked +/- 5 to get close matches and then there are some color names getting matched more than once.
Code:
Deltacad Microsoft
R G B
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0/ 0 0 0 Black/0 0 0
1/255 0 0 Red/255 0 0
2/ 0 255 0 Lime/0 255 0
3/255 255 0 Yellow/255 255 0
4/ 0 0 255 Blue/0 0 255
5/255 0 255 Fuchsia/255 0 255
5/255 0 255 Magenta/255 0 255
6/128 0 0 Maroon/128 0 0
7/128 128 128 Gray/128 128 128
8/192 192 192 Silver/192 192 192
9/ 0 255 255 Aqua/0 255 255
9/ 0 255 255 Cyan/0 255 255
10/ 0 128 0 Green/0 128 0
11/128 128 0 Olive/128 128 0
12/ 0 0 128 Navy/0 0 128
13/128 0 128 Purple/128 0 128
14/ 0 128 128 Teal/0 128 128
15/255 255 255 Transparent/255 255 255
15/255 255 255 White/255 255 255
31/255 244 232 OldLace/253 245 230
43/128 255 0 Chartreuse/127 255 0
43/128 255 0 LawnGreen/124 252 0
53/156 255 156 PaleGreen/152 251 152
59/ 0 255 128 SpringGreen/0 255 127
82/ 0 0 201 MediumBlue/0 0 205
118/255 247 201 LemonChiffon/255 250 205
126/255 235 201 BlanchedAlmond/255 235 205
127/255 246 232 OldLace/253 245 230
143/246 244 232 Linen/250 240 230
147/125 125 125 Gray/128 128 128
151/193 193 193 Silver/192 192 192
153/215 215 215 LightGray/211 211 211
154/223 223 223 Gainsboro/220 220 220
157/242 242 242 WhiteSmoke/245 245 245
158/247 247 247 WhiteSmoke/245 245 245
159/251 251 251 GhostWhite/248 248 255
159/251 251 251 Snow/255 250 250
159/251 251 251 Transparent/255 255 255
159/251 251 251 White/255 255 255
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Al, it's pretty obvious that you've put in quite a bit of time and effort on this, and I thank you very much for it. I've copied the lists and I know I'm going to be putting them to good use. Thanks again.
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Here is a simple macro that let's you change the color of each of the 7 different types of objects in one dialog box.
Code:
Sub Main
Dim button As Integer
Dim color As Long
Dim PTcolor As Long
Dim LNcolor As Long
Dim CLcolor As Long
Dim SHcolor As Long
Dim TXcolor As Long
Dim DMcolor As Long
Dim SPcolor As Long
Dim pointperm As Boolean
Dim LNlinetype As Long
Dim CLlinetype As Long
Dim SHlinetype As Long
Dim SPlinetype As Long
Dim LNlineweight As Long
Dim CLlineweight As Long
Dim SHlineweight As Long
Dim SPlineweight As Long
Dim TXfontname As String
Dim DMfontname As String
Dim TXfontstyle As String
Dim DMfontstyle As String
Dim TXangle As Double
Dim TXheight As Double
Dim DMheight As Double
Dim flags As Long
Dim excharspacing As Double
Dim exlinespacing As Double
Dim InOut As Boolean
Dim AlwaysHorz As Boolean
Dim ColorCode(30) As Integer
Dim ColorName$(30) As String
'***************************** Color Code List **************************
'<< Leave ColorName$(##) and ColorCode(##) numbers in sequence 1 - 30 >>
'<< Deltacad Color Names and Numbers can be in any order >>
'< Dialog Position Color Name Deltacad Color Number 0 - 159 >
ColorName$(1) = "Black": ColorCode(1) = 0
ColorName$(2) = "Red": ColorCode(2) = 1
ColorName$(3) = "Green": ColorCode(3) = 2
ColorName$(4) = "Yellow": ColorCode(4) = 3
ColorName$(5) = "Blue": ColorCode(5) = 4
ColorName$(6) = "Purple": ColorCode(6) = 5
ColorName$(7) = "Brown": ColorCode(7) = 6
ColorName$(8) = "Dark Gray": ColorCode(8) = 7
ColorName$(9) = "Light Gray": ColorCode(9) = 8
ColorName$(10) = "Light Blue": ColorCode(10) = 9
ColorName$(11) = "Dark Green": ColorCode(11) = 10
ColorName$(12) = "Green Yellow": ColorCode(12) = 11
ColorName$(13) = "Dark Blue": ColorCode(13) = 12
ColorName$(14) = "Dark Purple": ColorCode(14) = 13
ColorName$(15) = "Gray Blue": ColorCode(15) = 14
ColorName$(16) = "White": ColorCode(16) = 15
ColorName$(17) = "Dark Brown": ColorCode(17) = 16 '<-- I made this one up
'- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - New Colors - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
'ColorName$(18) = "Color Name": ColorCode(18) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(19) = "Color Name": ColorCode(19) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(20) = "Color Name": ColorCode(20) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(21) = "Color Name": ColorCode(21) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(22) = "Color Name": ColorCode(22) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(23) = "Color Name": ColorCode(23) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(24) = "Color Name": ColorCode(24) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(25) = "Color Name": ColorCode(25) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(26) = "Color Name": ColorCode(26) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(27) = "Color Name": ColorCode(27) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(28) = "Color Name": ColorCode(28) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(29) = "Color Name": ColorCode(29) = 0 - 159
'ColorName$(30) = "Color Name": ColorCode(30) = 0 - 159
'*******************************************************************
GetButton:
ObjectType$="Point": dcGetPointParms color, pointperm
gosub GetColorCode: PTcolor=color2
ObjectType$="Line": dcGetLineParms color, LNlinetype, LNlineweight
gosub GetColorCode: LNcolor=color2
ObjectType$="Circle": dcGetCircleParms color, CLlinetype, CLlineweight
gosub GetColorCode: CLcolor=color2
ObjectType$="Shape": dcGetShapesParms color, SHlinetype, SHlineweight
gosub GetColorCode: SHcolor=color2
ObjectType$="Text": dcGetTextParms color, TXfontname, TXfontstyle, TXangle, TXheight, flags, excharspacing, exlinespacing
gosub GetColorCode: TXcolor=color2
ObjectType$="Dimension": dcGetDimParms color, DMfontname, DMfontstyle, DMheight, InOut, AlwaysHorz
gosub GetColorCode: DMcolor=color2
ObjectType$="Spline": dcGetSplineParms color, SPlinetype, SPlineweight
gosub GetColorCode: SPcolor=color2
'*******************************************************************
'<< The following OptionButton Color Names to match ColorName$(##) from above >>
Begin Dialog NEWDLG 144,4, 242, 180, "Color Dialog Box" '<== increase value 180 by 9 for each additional color added ==>
OptionGroup .ColorGroup
OptionButton 28, 16, 55, 9, "Black"
OptionButton 28, 25, 55, 9, "Red"
OptionButton 28, 34, 55, 9, "Green"
OptionButton 28, 43, 55, 9, "Yellow"
OptionButton 28, 52, 55, 9, "Blue"
OptionButton 28, 61, 55, 9, "Purple"
OptionButton 28, 70, 55, 9, "Brown"
OptionButton 28, 79, 55, 9, "Dark Gray"
OptionButton 28, 88, 55, 9, "Light Gray"
OptionButton 28, 97, 55, 9, "Light Blue"
OptionButton 28, 106, 55, 9, "Dark Green"
OptionButton 28, 115, 55, 9, "Green Yellow"
OptionButton 28, 124, 55, 9, "Dark Blue"
OptionButton 28, 133, 55, 9, "Dark Purple"
OptionButton 28, 142, 55, 9, "Gray Blue"
OptionButton 28, 151, 55, 9, "White"
OptionButton 28, 160, 55, 9, "Dark Brown"
'OptionButton 28, 169, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 178, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 187, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 196, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 205, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 214, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 223, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 232, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 241, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 250, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 259, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 268, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'OptionButton 28, 277, 55, 9, "Color Name"
'Picture 10, 15, 15, 158, "C:\Program Files\DeltaCAD\ColorBar3.bmp" '<== Optional Color Bar (This file is 24 X 308)
GroupBox 5,2,100,175, "Select Color"
'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OptionGroup .TypeGroup
OptionButton 116,20,55,8, "PointType"
OptionButton 116,32,55,8, "LineType"
OptionButton 116,44,55,8, "CircleType"
OptionButton 116,56,55,8, "Shape Type"
OptionButton 116,68,55,8, "Text Type"
OptionButton 116,80,55,8, "Dim Type"
OptionButton 116,92,55,8, "Spline Type"
GroupBox 112,4,120,108, "Select Object Type / Current Color"
'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TextBox 176,20,48,8, .PointColor
TextBox 176,32,48,8, .LineColor
TextBox 176,44,48,8, .CircleColor
TextBox 176,56,48,8, .ShapeColor
TextBox 176,68,48,8, .TextColor
TextBox 176,80,48,8, .DimColor
TextBox 176,92,48,8, .SplineColor
'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OKButton 115,118,50,14
PushButton 115,135,50,14, "Done", .X
End Dialog
'*******************************************************************
Dim dlg As newdlg
dlg.PointColor = ColorName$(PTcolor)
dlg.LineColor = ColorName$(LNcolor)
dlg.CircleColor = ColorName$(CLcolor)
dlg.ShapeColor = ColorName$(SHcolor)
dlg.TextColor = ColorName$(TXcolor)
dlg.DimColor = ColorName$(DMcolor)
dlg.SplineColor = ColorName$(SPcolor)
button = Dialog(dlg)
If button = 0 Or button = 1 Then End
If button Then
ColorNum = ColorCode(newdlg.ColorGroup+1)
ObjectType = newdlg.TypeGroup
Select Case ObjectType
Case 0
dcSetPointParms ColorNum, pointperm
Case 1
dcSetLineParms ColorNum, LNlinetype, LNlineweight
Case 2
dcSetCircleParms ColorNum, CLlinetype, CLlineweight
Case 3
dcSetShapesParms ColorNum, SHlinetype, SHlineweight
Case 4
dcSetTextParms ColorNum, TXfontname, TXfontstyle, TXangle, TXheight, flags, excharspacing, exlinespacing
Case 5
dcSetDimParms ColorNum, DMfontname, DMfontstyle, DMheight, InOut, AlwaysHorz
Case 6
dcSetSplineParms ColorNum, SPlinetype, SPlineweight
End Select
GoTo GetButton
End If
End
'========================== Retrieves the color of each Object type =======================
GetColorCode:
For c = 1 to 30
If color = ColorCode(c) Then
color2 = c
Return
End If
Next c
MsgBox "Color code "+Str$(color)+" in "+ObjectType$+" type not found in 'Color Code List'"
Return
'===============================================================
End Sub
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