Colour palettes in Autodesk AutoCAD 3D

The CAD-bolide is, on the one hand, equipped with materials for the 3D-mode and, on the other, with M-Colour palettes for use in 2D (coloured layer, interior, lines etc.).

 

Versions AutoCADR14 and up
File format TGA (Materialien)
Colour systems all
Optimizations

Standard RGB
Trinitron RGB
Offset printing coated paper
Offset printing uncoated paper
Newsprint
Application for Colouring of 3D objects, rendering
Ergonomics ***

In the TGA-format the materials produce an exact representation of the colour with light, shadows, glossiness etc. They are employed via the render-function.

Destination Directory

AutoCAD 14 AutoCAD R14\Textures
AutoCAD 2000 AutoCAD 2000\Textures

The materials library (MLI) and the materials (TGA) are to be installed in the aforementioned folder.

The program does not have to comply with the aforementioned target path in order for the palettes to be available. Although the materials libraries (MLI) have to be installed in the same folder as the palettes (TGA-files).

If another path is used, other than the aforementioned target path, this should be conveyed to the program as a primary texture path:

  1. Go to „Tools/Setup“
  2. Choose the command „Texture Maps Search path“ and „Add“.
  3. Enter the alternative primary texture path.

In this program variation the CMYK-palettes (artprint, uncoated paper, newsprint) are defined in RGB. During this process the black elements are replaced by 100% through corresponding negativ RGB-values (standard formula).

Application of the colours palettes in AutoCAD 3D

  1. After the installation, the colours are available in AutoCAD:
  2. Open a new or or an existing file.
  3. Select the menu command "Render/Material Library".
  4. Click on "Open" und select the file "Textures\[name of the colour system].MLI" .
  5. Select the desired colours (max. 170*) and using "Import" make them available in your document so that you can begin working with them.
  6. Click on "OK"
  7. You can now design with the selected colour system!

* If more than 170 colours are selected in AutoCAD, the program shuts down with an overrun error. By importing several times, you can include more than 170 colours in your project.

 

Zero-colours as 3D-materials with names and preview.

 

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