topic Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH in Inventor Forum

PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

AnthonyHarris90842 — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:09:07 GMT

I am in sketch environment and doing a circular pattern of the small circle but the preview is in black and I am using a black background so when I am in wireframe I cant see the pattern.

Can I change the colour or does Autodesk have to change it.

See image below

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

talha.tufan523TD — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:14:49 GMT

if i didn't get it wrong you are asking this settings?

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

AnthonyHarris90842 — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:46:21 GMT

I checked through the colour scheme settings but couldn't find anything for pattern preview

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talha.tufan523TD — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:57:11 GMT

@AnthonyHarris90842 I checked but couldn't find it. and even in regedit I visited the place in the photo but got lost. Sorry I can't help but I guess this option is not available in inventor. The challenge is not over yet, if I find it, I will share it.

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

johnsonshiue — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 20:51:49 GMT

Hi Folks,

I don't think there is an option to change the sketch preview color. The quickest thing to do is to make the part transparent temporarily. Right-click on the part in the assembly -> check "Transparent."

Many thanks!

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

AnthonyHarris90842 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 03:08:10 GMT

Surely it should be changed.
Of all colours why black.
We always have to work around silly stupid things that are so easy to fix.

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

AnthonyHarris90842 — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:39:40 GMT

Hi Johnson

Has anything been done about this black array colour yet?

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

Mario.VanWiechen — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:23:29 GMT

Easy answer is to not use patterns in the sketch environment, make them features, much more stable and easier to edit.

Sketch driven patterns though work very well

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

JDMather — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:35:58 GMT

@AnthonyHarris90842

As per @Mario.VanWiechen why oh why are you using sketch patterns rather than the more computationally efficient, functionality more powerful Feature Pattern?

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

SBix26 — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:56:33 GMT

What color scheme are you using, and what version of Inventor? In my Inventor 2024, using the stock Wonderland color scheme, this is the sketch pattern preview that I see:

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2024.1 | Windows 10 Home 22H2

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

BDCollett — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 01:19:35 GMT

I get a preview in white also with dark mode and all other themes with Inventor 2024.

I do wish the answers on here when a feature is not doing what someone wants is to tell them not to use it at all.

There are times you still need patterns in a sketch, you might not even turn them into a feature. Not using it is irrelevant to the problem.

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

johnsonshiue — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 04:21:38 GMT

Hi! I have trouble reproducing the behavior. I need to know what exact color scheme is used and the preview is set to black.

Many thanks!

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

AnthonyHarris90842 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 09:12:43 GMT

Hi Johnson

I attached a copy of my applications options file which should have the settings for the colour scheme editor.

Use copy of high contrast and then you will see you should get the black preview like I do.

When I change to the other colour schemes then its ok but I cant which setting controls the preview colour

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

johnsonshiue — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 19:25:34 GMT

Hi Anthony,

Many thanks for sharing the App Options. This is indeed the Color Scheme related. It seems that "3D Thick Line" option can control the behavior. Go to Tools -> App Options -> Colors -> Color Scheme Editor -> select the color scheme -> Customize Schemes -> Sketch -> find "3D Thick Line" and change its value to 2.

After that, the sketch pattern preview will behave normally.

Thanks again!

Re: PATTERN AN ELEMENT IN SKETCH

AnthonyHarris90842 — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 08:32:52 GMT

Hi Johnson

Thank you very much. that fixed it.
What an obscure place to hide the preview colour .
It should just be named preview or something like that and you choose a colour like everything else, not a number.
I thought those number relate to line thickness.

Once again thank you for always being so helpful