I am able to set whatever colour I like for every object (primitive and anything else).ĭoing this one-by-one is tedious, so the second tool to use is to use the filter-select function (right-click->"Find similar Objects"). One of the properties that all schematic objects have is Style, and in one of those there is an option to set the colour of the object. Note that I am using Altium 18, so this may not work for you - but I think the underlying principle exists for the last several Altium versions.Įvery object on the schematic, as you have no doubt seen, is a number of system properties (If you have not encountered this, click something an press F11, or otherwise summon the "Properties" panel).
So, how do I change my colours so I can have green nets, red symbol bodies etc please? - * With apologies to Douglas Adams.Īt the risk of sounding doom-monger-y, you will rue the day your company chose to use Altium :) Chris is right, don't try to adapt the software to your preferences too much - it will only play by its own rules.īut, I don't wish to sounds too negative, so let me explain what I would do. An hour or so of Googling has found me nowt either. No-one else here has tried to change from the glaring white background, so they can't help me. Otherwise you have a black symbol on a black background saying "do not click." (*) In fact if you can change the background to be black, you surely must be able to change everything else from being black. There surely must be a way of doing such a basic thing on what purports to be a very powerful CAD system. However, I cannot find where you then change the colours of the nets, symbol bodies, pin numbers etc etc. Now, changing the background to black is easy. I want to change the colours in the schematic, most especially so I have a black background. I've used umpteen CAD systems over the years, but done very little Altium. I've just started doing some work for a company doing some CAD work where they use Altium 16.