Setting Display Colors

You can customize the colors used to display items in the graphic area. You can define, save, and load multiple custom color schemes.

For best results, use a dark color for the background, bright colors for layer features and components, and light colors for Rubberband, Highlight, and Select.

Procedure

  1. Open the Colors dialog box as appropriate for the viewer you are using.
    • In Valor NPI Graphic Station, choose Options > Colors.

    • In other viewers, choose View > Color Settings.

  2. Select the item for which you want to set the color:

    Entity

    Explanation

    Layer 1 - Layer 25

    Colors used for features or components in the displayed layers.

    Background

    Color of the work area background.

    Highlight

    Color of highlighted features and components.

    The color of Valor NPI Netlist Analyzer netpoints on the bottom.

    Select

    Color of selected features and components.

    The color of Valor NPI Netlist Analyzer netpoints on the top.

    Rubberband

    Color used for rubberbands.

  3. Select a color in the bottom pane.
  4. Use the action buttons to perform these tasks:

    Action Button

    Explanation

    Apply or OK

    The selected color is applied to the specified items in the graphic area. The color scheme remains throughout the session. If you do not save the color scheme before checking in the product model, it will revert to the last saved scheme or to system default colors, if there is no saved scheme.

    Save

    Saves your changes in your own user-defined color file.

    Default

    Reverts back to the system default colors.

    Load

    Loads your user colors.

    Cancel

    Closes the dialog box without changing the color.

    OK

    Closes the Colors dialog box.