topic Re: creo pen table (table.pnt) colors for cable parts in 3D Part & Assembly Design

creo pen table (table.pnt) colors for cable parts

pete3000 — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:07:32 GMT

so I'm familiar with the help docs and other items in the help/support site on setting up a pen table (table.pnt) but is there a specific "color" callout for cable part files? or is it all wrapped up under pen 1?

I dont want to set PEN 1 to black because ive got other entities on the drawing i want to have in color.

Ive tried isolating the quilt_color to a unique pen and that doesn't work. Any thoughts? Or should I file an enhancement?

Re: creo pen table (table.pnt) colors for cable parts

MartinHanak — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:02:36 GMT

Hi,

1.] please upload data set for testing purposes (Creo version ?)

2.] try to find which color is connected to cable parts

3.] if it is necessary you can "move" entitied plotted by pen 1 to another pen ... to do this you must know appropriate keywords

Re: creo pen table (table.pnt) colors for cable parts

PetePickettII — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:51:08 GMT

Thanks Martin. That "appropriate keyword” is what i am looking for specific to cable.prt files. i have a feeling I need to place an enhancement, since the cables wire colors are all over the place.

System Color Table

Color Name	Visible Color
attention_color	dark green
letter_color	yellow
highlight_color	dark red
drawing_color	white
background_color	black
half_tone_color	gray
magenta_color	purple
edge_highlite_color	green
dimmed_color	dark gray
section_color	blue
presel_highlight_color*	cyan
datum_color	brown
quilt_color	magenta
selected_color*	red
secondary_selected_color*	orange
preview_geom_color*	yellow
secondary_preview_color*	pale yellow

Default Pen Mapping Table

Pen Number	System Color	Mapping
1	Geometry (White) Curve (Dark Blue) Manufacturing Volume (Purple) Quilt (Magenta) Datum (Brown) Preselection Highlight (Cyan) Preview Geometry (Yellow) Secondary Preview Geometry (Pale Yellow)	All items plot as solid lines (except where noted): Visible geometry Cross-section cutting plane lines: plot as phantom lines Cross-section cutting plane arrows and text Drawing format and boundary Tag text Centerline line font with white color Brown portion of datum planes
2	Letter (Yellow)	All items plot as solid lines (except where noted): Dimension lines Leaders Axes and centerlines: plot as centerlines Geometric tolerance lines All text (except cross-section text) Balloon notes Cross-hatching Centerline line font with yellow color
3	Hidden Line (Gray)	Hidden lines: plot as dashed lines, phantom font
4	Highlight - Primary (Dark Red) Selected (Red) Secondary Selected (Orange)	All items plot as solid lines: Spline surface grid (does not plot in drawings)
5	Sheet Metal (Dark Green)	Sheet metal color entities
6	Sketched Curve (Blue)	Sketcher section entities
7	Highlight - Secondary (Dark Gray)	Toggled sections Grayed dimensions and text Dimmed tangent edges Dark gray portion of datum planes
8	Highlight - Edge (Green)	Spline surface grid

Re: creo pen table (table.pnt) colors for cable parts

MartinHanak — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 18:27:53 GMT

Hi,

please upload Creo files. This dataset enables me to see your "situation".

Re: creo pen table (table.pnt) colors for cable parts

PetePickettII — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:08:18 GMT

sent via PM.

Re: creo pen table (table.pnt) colors for cable parts

MartinHanak — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 06:56:41 GMT

@PetePickettII wrote:

sent via PM.

Hi,

unfortunately, I don't have enough knowledge about cabling. However, I'm pretty sure the cabling behavior is "specific" and must be discussed directly with PTC Support.

Below you can find information about my testing procedure.

I opened assembly and hide connectors.

I opened drawing and removed all annotations.

I plotted following drawing state into HPGL-2 file using DESIGNJET plotter.

I opened plot file in Notepad++ and searched string SP (SP = Select Pen command).

I found SP1, only. This means that cable lines are plotted by pen 1. Also there is no keyword that redirects line plotting to another pen.

I generated PDF and got following result.

Note:

Your drawing contains following note

This note is printed by pen 1, too. I suggest you to redefine the appropriate symbol and assign it some system color. This enables you to print the note by different pen.

That is all from my side .. I can't provide any other tip/trick.

Re: creo pen table (table.pnt) colors for cable parts

MartinHanak — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 06:59:12 GMT

My pen 1 definition

pen 1 thickness 0.05 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0