Member, Material, Bolt and Weld Colors

The Member, Material, Bolt and Weld Colors screen lets you set the default display colors for newly added member main materials, bolts, welds and submaterials in Modeling. The colors selected on this screen do not affect 2D erection view drawings.
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Beams: The choice made here sets the default Color applied to the beam's main material.

Either select from the list box () any color that was set up on the Predefined Colors screen.

Or select ' Custom Color ' on the list box (last choice on it) to launch your operating system's color picker and choose any color you want.

Columns: Default main material Color.
Vertical braces: Default main material Color.
Horizontal braces: Default main material Color.
Other members Girts, purlins, custom members including miscellaneous members.
Materials: Submaterials, stair stringers, legacy miscellaneous members.
Field bolts:   3D bolts whose Class is 'Field'. By default, these are bolts that fasten different members.
Shop bolts: 3D bolts whose Class is 'Shop'. By default, these are bolts that fasten the same member.
Field welds: 3D welds to different members are, by default, set to Field weld.
Shop welds: 3D welds to the same member are, by default, set to Field weld.

  • The position of these form buttons on the screen tells you what settings they apply to. Click here for more information.
  • You can Copy ( ) the settings on this screen , then Paste ( ) those settings to a different screen of the same type.
  • Save ( ) saves a file to a global folder ( ) that is used by your current version of SDS2. Give the file a name that will help other users identify its purpose. Load ( ) replaces the settings on this screen with the settings that are stored in the file that you select.
  • When editing multiple screens at the same time, Paste and Load replace mixed entries to a single field with a single entry. Copy and Save ignore fields with mixed entries, treating them as if they have no entry or do not exist.

OK (or the Enter key) closes this screen and applies the settings.

Cancel (or the Esc key) closes this screen without saving any changes.

Reset undoes all changes made to this screen since you first opened it. The screen remains open.