Background color
Background color
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Another NX 7.5 question. I change my customer defaults to have a shaded and wireframe background color of black (I type the number 216 in all fields). I close out the session of NX and then open a new session. Then I select "File" "New" and the "Blank" template. The background color is all gray. What am I missing?





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Also, did you change the setting for both english and metric files?
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Also the blank template will read from the defaults as there is no "blank" template file. It's like the old File -> New in NX4 and previous. Also remember that the default will only apply to new parts created from the blank template, not ones that have already been saved
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX4.0.4MP10, NX5.0.0->5.0.6, NX6.0.0->NX6.0.5, NX7.0.0->NX7.0.1 & NX7.5.0.32-> NX7.5.4.4, Beta NX8.0.0.23
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Thank you for your response. If I understand you correctly, the shipped template is what would need to change if I want to change the background color of a new part. If that is the case, I wonder where I would use the customer defaults for anything? It must be something simple that I am not understanding.
cowski, thank you for your response....under "Gateway"- "Visualization"- "Background Color", "Top, Red RGB Value, Top, Green RGB value, etc... for both Shaded and Wirefreame". When I apply the changes to the English files, it automatically does it for Metric.
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It is defaulting to C:\Program Files\UGS\NX 5.0\UGII\myNxData\color_def\colordef.cdf. Looks like I did somthing to the setting back in NX5. I kinda remember doing something with the help of GTAC. But it never made sense to me then. I wonder if I got rid of that line if that would do the trick?
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If it's while a Drawing is displayed, then you may need to also change the color defaults for Drawings, which are different than when a Drawing is not being displayed if you've set the Drawing display option to Monochrome Display. These customer defaults are set at...
Customer Defaults -> Gateway -> Visualization -> Color Settings
...at the bottom of the page. If the 'Monochrome Drawing Display' option is toggled ON, toggle it OFF and your drawings will now honor the same settings that you're using for model displays.
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RE: Background color
It's unlikely but someone may have set a SITE or GROUP level default for background color that would override your setting.
Anthony Galante

Senior Support Engineer
NX4.0.4MP10, NX5.0.0->5.0.6, NX6.0.0->NX6.0.5, NX7.0.0->NX7.0.1 & NX7.5.0.32-> NX7.5.4.4, Beta NX8.0.0.23
RE: Background color
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.com/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Background color