I'm trying to convert a dwg that was drawn using Autocad 2002 LT and saved in Autocad 2000 format. It seems to take quite a while for the file to load during conversion. I'm using Visio 2010 Pro, BTW.
Anyway, I want to be able to edit and manipulate parts of the drawing after it is converted. I'm having an issue in particular with the fill function. For example, there are a few circles that I would like to fill with different solid colors. For some reason when I try to fill the circles with different colors many of them appear to only fill with a solid white instead of the color I choose. Does anyone know why that may be? What am I doing wrong?
The pic attached shows three circles--a circle on top that was supposed to be filled in red (but appears white), a circle in the middle that is not filled, and a circle on the bottom that was filled in green. I don't know why the one on the bottom filled like it was supposed to and the one on top did not.
may be problem with system colors.
for example system color #1 in autocad is red, but it is white in visio ?
now i haven't AutoCAD there for check my guess :(
I tried to fill it with a few different colors and it always comes out white.
there you can see basic AutoCAD system colors (http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/DesignOffice/cad/proewild3/usascii/proe/interface/basic_autocad_system_colors.htm)
for example i make this table
| | AutoCAD Color(s) | | | Number(s) | | | Visio Color(s) | | | | | Red | | | 1 | | | white | | | | | Yellow | | | 2 | | | red | | | | | Green | | | 3 | | | Green | | | | | Light blue | | | 4 | | | blue | | | | | Dark blue | | | 5 | | | yellow | | | | | Magenta | | | 6 | | | magenta | | | | | Black | | | 7 | | | light blue | | |
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Quote from: Regan on May 08, 2013, 01:55:39 PM
I tried to fill it with a few different colors and it always comes out white.
Strange, may be there used
GUARD-function on
Fill-foreground cell, in section
Fill Format of shapesheet. In this morning (at Moscow time) i wrote how change
Line Pattern in this post (http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=4807.msg18838#msg18838), it may help...
1. open shapesheet of this shape.
2. look at section
Fill Format, cell
Fill-foreground. may be you can see formula -
GUARD(1 or any number
) 3. change this formula, type there just "1" for example.
PS in visio 2010 and may be in visio 2013 (i don't use it yet) shapesheet availible only in Developer-Mode!!!
in your PC Developer-Mode is activated ?
I turned on Developer Mode and opened the shape sheet. In the Fill Format box, under fill foreground, THEMEGUARD(RGB(146,208,80)) is what is entered in the cell.
I found this on THEMEGUARD:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio-help/HV080950560.aspx