Predefined Colors

Predefined Colors can be applied to materials and members in your current Job. For example, they can be selected as the Color for a rolled section material. To apply these colors to members, use the Member, Material, Bolt and Weld Colors settings screen.
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Editing the Predefined Colors screen
Add a new Color: Right-click anywhere > select Add new color.
Delete a Color: Right-click anywhere > select Delete color.
Edit a Name: Double left-click the Name, or single left-click and begin typing to replace the Name.
Modify a Color: Left-click the color to open the Select Color window.

Red or yellow exclamation point icons ( or ) indicate that a setting field is required to be filled out or corrected before the settings can be accepted by clicking OK. Hover your mouse cursor over the icon to make a tooltip appear with more information.

  • 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.