cadsoft eagle 4.5 Manuel D’Utilisation
The image above shows three buttons in the Palette column. Click on
one of them. For example, the button for Colored Background. The Col-
or window opens now.
On the left an 8 x 8 matrix is visible that contains already 16 pre-defined
On the left an 8 x 8 matrix is visible that contains already 16 pre-defined
colors. There are alternating eight 'normal' colors with their correspond-
ing eight highlight colors. A color of the palette at position x can be
given the corresponding highlight color at position x+8.
In order to define new values select an unused box of the matrix and ad-
In order to define new values select an unused box of the matrix and ad-
just the new color with the help of the color selection area and the satu-
ration bar on the right. Click Set Color to apply your color. Now select a
new color box in the matrix and repeat the procedure for the next color.
You may also enter values for Red, Green, Blue or Hue, Sat, Val directly.
Color Window: Defining Colors
The image above shows four further pairs of colors (normal and corre-
sponding highlight color vertically arranged).
In order to change the color palette for an editor window select the ap-
In order to change the color palette for an editor window select the ap-
propriate Background in the menu Options/User Interface.
Alternatively the color definition and change of palette can be made in a
Alternatively the color definition and change of palette can be made in a
script file or in the command line.
SET PALETTE <index> <rgb>
defines a color, where the color value has to be given hexadecimal.
Example:
SET PALETTE 0 0xFFFF00
sets the background color (entry 0) to yellow (corresponds to the deci-
mal RGB value 255 255 0 which is hexadecimal FF FF 00). Hexadecimal
values are marked by a leading 0x.
To activate the black color palette type in the command line:
To activate the black color palette type in the command line:
SET PALETTE BLACK
The new palette will become visible after refreshing the drawing area
with the WINDOW command.
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Principles for Working with EAGLE