How to change TEXT colour - from GREEN

Joseph Zeglinski wrote on Thu, 05 February 2009 13:16

Hi,

 

    I have been using Eagle for about 10 years, and always disliked the

"Default GREEN" font colour, for added TEXT messages.

My current version is Eagle 4.16, but this has always been a nuisance

since

using my very first version.

 

    Recently, I had to reinstall Eagle, keeping my original user project

folders and files,  and after reactivating it with my license, I created

a

brand new project. The strange thing I discovered was that all TEXT I

created was BLACK, and even printed that way on my colour LaserJet.

 

    Everything was fine - BLACK TEXT -  until about the time I finally

created the BRD for the SCH. Suddenly, all the text switched to GREEN,

and I

have not found any way to select the TEXT font colour. I even tried to

create another schematic (without a BRD), to see if I could recreate

this

switch, but it seems that Eagle is now permanently set to create only

green

font for this command.

 

    I wonder if there is some undocumented "switch" for TEXT colour in

the

"freshly installed" Eagle software, that switches to GREEN TEXT, as soon

as

you create your first BRD layout? After that, it can't be changed.

 

I would appreciate any information about this.

 

Joe

Hi Joel,

I think the problem you are experiencing is a common one.

I have similar issues in the following situation:

1)  Set a custom palette using the colors above index 15.  This can be

stored in eagle.scr file for future use but I don't think this is done

automatically.

2)  Assign colors in the layer dialog to use these new colors in the

palette.

It seems that the layer mapping to color is stored in the design files but

the colour palette isn't.  So the next time you load the files, EAGLE will

load those new colours.   However, in a default EAGLE 4 installation, those

colours are mapped to black, so they are displayed as black.

You need to have to run the eagle.scr file to assign those colours to

something other than black for it to show up.

If you messed with the first 16 colours in the palette then those will go

back to their default values as well.

I've suggested a few times that the custom color palettes are stored in

the design files so this doesn't happen.  It's a big deal for us because we

do custom work for a lot of customers and it is a pain.

Cheers,

James.

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email:  sales2009@eaglecentral.ca

fax:    888.701.8097

web:    http://www.eaglecentral.ca

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Joseph Zeglinski wrote on Thu, 05 February 2009 13:16

Hi,

 

    I have been using Eagle for about 10 years, and always disliked the

"Default GREEN" font colour, for added TEXT messages.

My current version is Eagle 4.16, but this has always been a nuisance

since

using my very first version.

 

    Recently, I had to reinstall Eagle, keeping my original user project

folders and files,  and after reactivating it with my license, I created

a

brand new project. The strange thing I discovered was that all TEXT I

created was BLACK, and even printed that way on my colour LaserJet.

 

    Everything was fine - BLACK TEXT -  until about the time I finally

created the BRD for the SCH. Suddenly, all the text switched to GREEN,

and I

have not found any way to select the TEXT font colour. I even tried to

create another schematic (without a BRD), to see if I could recreate

this

switch, but it seems that Eagle is now permanently set to create only

green

font for this command.

 

    I wonder if there is some undocumented "switch" for TEXT colour in

the

"freshly installed" Eagle software, that switches to GREEN TEXT, as soon

as

you create your first BRD layout? After that, it can't be changed.

 

I would appreciate any information about this.

 

Joe

Hi Joel,

I think the problem you are experiencing is a common one.

I have similar issues in the following situation:

1)  Set a custom palette using the colors above index 15.  This can be

stored in eagle.scr file for future use but I don't think this is done

automatically.

2)  Assign colors in the layer dialog to use these new colors in the

palette.

It seems that the layer mapping to color is stored in the design files but

the colour palette isn't.  So the next time you load the files, EAGLE will

load those new colours.   However, in a default EAGLE 4 installation, those

colours are mapped to black, so they are displayed as black.

You need to have to run the eagle.scr file to assign those colours to

something other than black for it to show up.

If you messed with the first 16 colours in the palette then those will go

back to their default values as well.

I've suggested a few times that the custom color palettes are stored in

the design files so this doesn't happen.  It's a big deal for us because we

do custom work for a lot of customers and it is a pain.

Cheers,

James.

--

James Morrison  ~~~  Stratford Digital

email:  sales2009@eaglecentral.ca

fax:    888.701.8097

web:    http://www.eaglecentral.ca

Online EAGLE Dealer for US and Canada

EAGLE Design Experts

EAGLE Enterprise Toolkit

--

Browser access to CadSoft Support Forums at http://www.eaglecentral.ca