kippax Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 really simple this but I want to change the colour of some blocks. There are already some of this block in the drawing, but I am adding additional ones and want these to show up by changing the colour to red. The blocks have been created in Layer 0, and inserted on another layer. When I highlight the blocks in question I can change the colour to Red, but even though the ribbon says otherwise they are still appearing in the original colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 You need to change the colour of the layer, not the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kippax Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Cheers for the quick response, but if I do that then I will change the colour of ALL the blocks, not just the ones that I am adding. Think I will just create a new layer for the additional blocks, that might be easiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I'm afraid that's how it works, AFAIK there isn't another way around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen1980 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Go into the block and set the lines to ByColor rather than ByLayer. Then you can import them into other layers and they will inherit the layer colour or you can manually override them with the properties drop down. Or am I mis-understanding the question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neophoible Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Go into the block and set the lines to ByColor rather than ByLayer. Then you can import them into other layers and they will inherit the layer colour or you can manually override them with the properties drop down. Or am I mis-understanding the question? I think you meant ByBlock instead of ByColor.If you set the color of objects in a block definition to ByBlock, then they inherit whatever color you set the block insertion to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen1980 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Yes, that is precisely what I meant. Always go with what I mean rather than what I say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikekmx Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Yes, that is precisely what I meant. Always go with what I mean rather than what I say! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neophoible Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Yes, that is precisely what I meant. Always go with what I mean rather than what I say!:lol:Actually, I was a bit surprised you didn't go all the way and say ByColour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen1980 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I did spell colour correctly (for my country!) in the sentence but in my temporary madness I was aware everything is spelled US English on ACAD so I went with ByColor. I can only say D'oh and roll on my holiday in 3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danellis Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I did spell colour correctly (for my country!) in the sentence but in my temporary madness I was aware everything is spelled US English on ACAD so I went with ByColor. I can only say D'oh and roll on my holiday in 3 weeks. You'd think they'd correct that in the regional version... dJE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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