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Displays all colors and brushes currently available. See Farben und Fülliungen for details on adding or modifying colors.
By default, the Colors and Brushes palette shows colors on the top and brushes (hatch patterns) on the bottom.
The color selected at the top and the brush pattern selected at the bottom appear in the Property toolbar. These properties become the default for the current tool and other tools in the tool group.
For example, if Line is active and you set a color, this color will become the default for Rectangle, Polyline, etc.
The icons at the top of the palette are as follows:
Color Palette:
Opens the palette in which you can create new colors or modify existing ones. See Farben und Fülliungen.
Line Style Editor:
Opens the Line Styles page of the Drawing Setup. See Linienstile.
Brush Style Editor:
Opens the Brush Editor, in which you can create new brushes or modify existing ones. See Brush Styles.
Pen Color:
Click the color swatch to replace the color with one from the palette. If you click the pen icon, you can then click any TurboCAD object to select its color. To pick the color of any other object, i.e. objects in other applications, keep the left mouse button pressed and release it when hovering over the object whose color you want.
Index Colors:
Toggles on the display of indexed colors instead of RGB colors. Indexed colors correspond to the indexing of colors in AutoCAD.
Expand Colors:
Toggle this icon off if you don't want the colors displayed.
The icons at the bottom of the palette are as follows:
Show hatches, gradients, or bitmaps:
Filters what types of brushes are displayed. Hatches are simple repeated line patterns. For details on gradient fills, see Brush Styles, and for bitmaps, see Brush Styles.
Brush Color and Fill Color:
Sets the colors of the hatch pattern lines and the empty space between lines. If you click the brush or fill-can icons, you can select color on screen as described for Pen color above.
Brush Transparency:
Controls the transparency of the brush pattern and fill.
Expand brushes:
Toggle this icon off if you don't want the colors displayed.
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