Allegro version 23.10.008 3D Canvas Preferences Color Assignments

You can't change the preset ones (the design colours come from the actual 2d colours) but you can add a custom one which you can then modify. If you click in the design colors box dropdown then right click you'll see an Add option, specify a name and you can then set the required colours.

Hi Steve,

This Cadence approach is kind of stupid, IMO.  Almost every other Windows program will let me change the colors by either drag-n-drop a color onto a "box" or simply "make" a box a color by touching the custom colors.

Steve, am I missing something.  Think of MS Word or Excel and changing text or box cell borders and colors with different fills.

Chris

Hi Steve, This method, is really bad. (Not shooting the messenger here ) , not your fault.  :)

Who would even know to right click on a drop-down list box ?, Honestly it is not credible LOL.

It has been this way since they changed the 3d view back in V17.2. I never even knew that existed until now
but did often wonder why changing colors did not work. Yikes.

Thanks for the info.

Best Regards.

Hi - I have to agree but the good news is that the original 3d canvas has now been given an upgrade. From 23.1 onwards you get access to both the 3d Canvas and the new 3dx canvas (which I'm assuming will replace the original one). This has a Custom theme option which you can modify to suit. :-)

Hi Steve, thanks for the update on that, seems like it may well be time for me to upgrade to latest. Allegro is hard to beat IMHO :)

All the best.