You can configure fill colors and text for uCAD drawings to support visual analysis of the drawings to facilitate space planning. For example, users might want to see a floor plan with each space type on that plan highlighted in a different color based on the department using that space.
To configure fill colors and text for a space type
- Go to the Company Workspace tab and switch to Admin mode.
- Click Configuration > Space Manager in the left Navigator. The Configuration-Space Manager log opens, displaying the level and space types that have been imported into your company.
- Select a space type and click Open. The Configuration window for the space type opens.
- For space types, click the Options tab. On this tab, you can enter information regarding spaces that enables users to color code spaces shown in uCAD. Users can also specify the display text that will appear on drawings.
- Complete the CAD Drawing Options as described in the table below.
- Click OK.
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Default Color | Click Select to specify the AutoCAD (ACI) Color used by default when displaying spaces of this type. The system default is white (no color). You can select a color from the 255 color AutoCAD ACI color palette. This ACI color is converted to the corresponding HEX HTML color. The default color is used for space outlines. |
Text Element Sort | Click Select to specify the sort order of the data elements whose text labels will be available to be shown as text on the uCAD drawing, as defined in uDesigner. You can use Add to select the data elements to display and select a data element and click Remove to delete data elements from the list of displayed data element text. Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to re-order selected data elements. Also, you can re-order the data elements by editing the Row number, and clicking Update Order to refresh the window. Click OK to exit the Data Element window. |
Fill Display Elements | Click Select to specific the drop-down list data elements (Input Type Pull-down Menu) that are available to be used for visual analysis on the uCAD drawing, and to specify a color for each value in the Data Set for that Pull-down Menu. Select a Data Element and select Enable Fill By. Select colors for the data element data set values. Click OK. |