Changing color problem

Hi guys,

Very new to Autocad, im currentyl using auotcad 2009.

I have a drawing from an architect and im trying to change the color of every entity, line, text layer etc to one specific colour.

I have tried selecting all and in the layer menue changed the color but noticed it change 80% of the entire drawing to that color and the other remained the original color.

There must be a quick and easy way to simply render the whole file in one color?

Help please. happy to email the file for anyone to have a look at.

Cheers

Chprop > All > Color > New color

Mate, i tried what you suggested here is the detail

Typed into the command window - Chrprop

Typed into the comman window - All

Right clicked on the drawing and selected Color

Entered the value - 5 (blue)

still only some of the stuff changed to blue not all of it.

its driving me insance

Any more suggestions specific details?

Are the entities that don't change blocks?

yes it looks like the entities that dont change are blocks. theres a fair few of them all over the drawing.

If you provide an email address i can send you the file to have a look?

Post it here

Mate the file was too big to attach, i have uploaded to rapidshare, below it the attached link

ahh the forum wont let me link to the file because i dont have enough posts, wont even let me link to my email....

can you email me please below is the address, obviously has a space between each character

u a h m a d @ m a i n b r a c e . c o m . a u

only 4 posts to go...

i see i hope i dont get banned for this

or this post.......

or again this one??,..

here you go

http://rapidshare.com/files/180877074/1185_Con1_G.dwg.html

Back at ya

http://rapidshare.com/files/180881791/All_blue.dwg.html

If you're wondering what I did, I used a lisp program that edits all the blocks to put all entities on layer 0 with a color of Byblock. There's a couple of mtexts that need editing, but I figured you wanted something to do.

Thanks very much,

But i need to do this on a few drawings, so really would like to know the process/procedure in doing this?

ie. what lisp program how to edit the blocks on layer 0, mtexts etc etc

its allll new to me?!?!!?!?

a very nice person on here passed this on to me. It will take all blocks inserted in the dwg and change them from by block to by layer and then your layer color changing will do the trick. to load the lisp type appload in the command line and find the .lsp where you stored it and press load. then type norm in the commmand line and it will run. unless you add it to your start up or your acad.cui you will have to load everytime you want to use it

norm.lsp

Unfortunately you're kinda hampered unless you have access to full Acad; Lisp isn't supported in LT, unless you have a third party add-on such as LT-Extender.

Lpseifert i do have full autocad. not the LT version

Chelsea thanks for the lisp, i followed you're instructions and didnt see a change.

Did the follwing

>appload

brought up a window where i located the lisp u gave me and clicked load, then close

then in the comman window typed "norm" (which is the name of lisp i guess)

and saw nothing happen..

was i to follow up with this etc etc?

Lpseifert i do have full autocad. not the LT version

 

Your profile says you're using LT2009. Might want to update that. :wink:

Go here and download Fixblock.lsp.

http://www.manusoft.com/Software/Freebies/Main.stm

Look here on how to load and run a lisp routine

http://www.cadtutor.net/faq/questions/28/How+do+I+use+an+AutoLISP+routine%3F

After loading and running it you can use Chprop to edit the colors. Some Mtext will need editing, double click the mtext to start the mtext editor, highlight the mtext and change the color in the editor.

Wohooo thanks Lpsefeirt

that fixblock lisp worked.

i was running it right but the other lisp wasnt working the one chelsea posted.

Cheers guys!