To Redefine System Colors
1. Click
File >
Options. The
Creo Direct Options dialog box opens.
2. Click System Appearance. The customization options appear.
3. Select a scheme from the System Colors list. If you select Custom as the color scheme, the Custom color file box opens. The custom color file appears with a .scl extension. Click Browse to load and restore a previously used color scheme stored in a .scl file.
4. Expand the following nodes. A list of entities with color buttons to the left shows the current color assignment:
◦ Graphics—Displays the default system colors for the graphical elements.
◦ Datum—Sets the colors for datum planes, axes, points, and coordinate systems.
◦ Geometry—Sets the colors for various geometric references.
◦ Sketcher—Sets the colors for sketcher geometry, end points of geometric entities, references selected using the ALT key, and construction geometry.
◦ Simple Search—Sets colors for the search of the following items:
▪ Missing models,
▪ Fix Placement,
▪ Contains Mathcad worksheet
▪ Update Control Group
▪ Recent search
◦ Show Differences—Sets colors for the entities that have been Outdated, Changed, Added, Deleted, or Unchanged.
5. Perform the following actions:
a. Click the color button next to an entity. A color palette (Theme Colors) appears with the default color in the box next to Use Default.
b. Choose a color or click Use Default. Source geometry and copied geometry will appear in this color in the graphics window.
To get more colors under the Graphics node,
a. Click More Colors. The Color Editor dialog box opens.
b. Use the color wheel, the blending palette or the sliders to set a custom color and click OK.
c. Change the color of the entity.
6. Click Export to save the current settings to a .scl file.
7. Click OK.