Colors in drawings
You have three basic color modes for line colors in drawings: Black and white, Grayscale, and Color. By default, drawings are black and white.
In addition to the three basic color modes, you can have a black background and colored lines in drawings (advanced option XS_BLACK_DRAWING_BACKGROUND).
In addition to the actual colors, you can specify a special color that is not converted to black in printouts.
When you are printing, you can also change the line thicknesses of different colors. This setting affects printouts but also the line thicknesses in color drawings on the screen, if you have selected Printer line widths in .
Colors and gray shades
The table below shows the basic colors available in Tekla Structures drawings, and how the different colors are shown in black and white drawings and in grayscale drawings. The corresponding pen numbers referring to the line thicknesses used in the printed drawings are listed in the Pen column.
Some of the different gray shades are true colors in the way that they will keep their color regardless of the drawing color mode, all the way to printing.
You can select the color for a line in part properties and shape properties.
|
Name |
Pen |
Tekla Structures color |
Black and white |
Gray scale |
Lightness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Invisible |
9 |
|
|
|
Invisible |
|
Black |
7 |
|
|
|
0% |
|
Red |
1 |
|
|
|
0% |
|
Green |
3 |
|
|
|
0% |
|
Blue |
5 |
|
|
|
0% |
|
Cyan |
4 |
|
|
|
0% |
|
Yellow |
2 |
|
|
|
0% |
|
Magenta |
6 |
|
|
|
0% |
|
Brown |
15 |
|
|
|
30% |
|
Dark green |
110 |
|
|
|
50% |
|
Dark blue |
141 |
|
|
|
70% |
|
Blue-green |
111 |
|
|
|
90% |
|
Orange |
31 |
|
|
|
100% white |
|
Gray |
8 |
|
|
|
60% |
|
Gray 30 |
251 |
|
|
|
30% |
|
Gray 50 |
252 |
|
|
|
50% |
|
Gray 70 |
253 |
|
|
|
70% |
|
Gray 90 |
254 |
|
|
|
90% |
|
Special |
- |
|
|
|
- |
Colors in drawing hatches
You can select the color for a hatch in part and shape properties on the Fill tab after you have selected a fill type from the Type list.
The true gray shades are marked with red in the image below.
The gray scale colors (130 - 133) are also available for automatic hatches.