PDT Engineering: ProE Tip #015

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1 ProE Tip of the Week: Sketch Colors Change the color of your sketch to organize your model…

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PDT’s ProE guy offers his Tip of the Week in an ongoing series for mechanical engineers.

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ProE Tip of the Week: Sketch ColorsChange the color of your sketch to organize your model…

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Sketch Colors - Step #1: Add sketches to your model…

All default sketches appear in the same light blue color

This makes it difficult to determine one sketch from another, especially with more complicated models and master parts…

Screw Boss sketchPCB outline

Connector outline

Outside wall sketch

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Sketch Colors - Step #2: Change the color of the PCB sketch…

PCB outline

Select the sketch and right click – then select properties

This brings up the below menu which you can edit the font style and color. For the PCB we’ll change it to a green color…

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Sketch Colors - Step #3: Continue editing the color of the other sketches…

Now the PCB sketch is green and we can easily pick it out in the model

Now add color to the screw bosses, connector outline and outside wall sketch…