Color in drawings

[LindseyAC]

I have a SW drawing converted from AutoCad. It is in color and when I open it, it first shows up in color but by the time it opens all the way it is in black and white. Can anyone tell me how to make it stay in color?

Thanks!

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Are you able to open the file correctly on another machine?

Are you able to post the file here for checking on other machines?

What graphics card are you using?

 

[LindseyAC]

Yes, it is color on someone elses machine. I cannot post it. We have the same video card. I have windows 7. The other machine does not. Is there a setting I can change?

 

[macduff]

Did you rebuild the drawing after it opened all the way in SW using ctrl+Q? A lot of times ACad drawings have layers and filters, did you check that?



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[LindseyAC]

I did control Q. I am not sure how to check the layers.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Try toggling the Color Display Mode in the Line Format toolbar.

If that doesn't work, try using the Copy Settings Wizard from one of the other machines to yours.

 

[ctopher]

As CBL suggested, try Copy Settings Wizard. There may be colors changed in "Tools/Options/System Options/Colors/.
The Copy Settings Wizard from another computer should bring them over.

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[macduff]

"It is in color and when I open it, it first shows up in color but by the time it opens all the way it is in black and white"

Try a hard save on the drawing, and then close out SW and reopen the drawing. It might show up in color.


Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer