kingdaddy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 OK, then what? I tried changing it to "By Block" and it didn’t work. Thanks much for your help by the way, even if we don’t get it resolved I appreciate the time your spending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Here is a screen shot. Cant even change the color of the block let alone the background, shows up Black in the Editor and Previews but not in the Palette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 It clearly says you can change the background color but doesn't tell you how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Turns out that just changes the Block Editor Background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 the block entities need to be on Layer 0. I see it's already set to ByBlock. Then click the "Close Block Editor" and Save when it asks. Then Save the drawing, go back to Tool Palettes and right-click, Update Tool Image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 the block entities need to be on Layer 0. I dont know how to do that, what do you mean by "Entities"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 In the screenshot above you have the Spline or Polyline selected. It shows to be on the COMPONENTS layer, which seems to be a yellow'ish color. This needs to be changed to the 0 layer. So, while its selected, pull down the Layer menu and select the 0 Layer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thats what I thought so i went ahead and did that to see if it would work, after refreshing the image its still Yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 And before you Updated Tool Image, you Save/Closed the block, then Save/Closed the drawing the block was in, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 And before you Updated Tool Image, you Save/Closed the block, then Save/Closed the drawing the block was in, correct? The block editor opens the block so when I save and close thats it as far as I know, there is nothing else to close or save. IOW "Tools" "Block Editor", select block from list and it opens the block in the block editor, then change to layer 0 and save /close. Then look in Tool Palette, find edited block, right click and select "Update Tool Image". Viola! nothing, nada, no change. If I open the block I just edited it shows to be on layer 0 and it is White not Yellow. However even if that did work it would creat many other problems with some of my more detailed blocks that have many entities in different colors and different layers so that when exploded the proper entities automatically go to the proper layer. What I need to do is just change the displayed background color, not the block line colors or layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Well you can't change the Tool Palettes background color so that's not an option. See attached image for how I did it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 I'll have to wait until I get home, I'm blocked from viewing attached images hear at work Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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