Managing Color Palettes

The Color Palette Manager determines which color palettes are available in the main Color Palette set and the Pick Color dialog box. With the Color Palette Manager, create or import custom color palettes, activate palettes for use in the file, add and delete colors from custom color palettes, and purge unused colors.

The Vectorworks Fundamentals product provides Classic Vectorworks Colors and Standard Vectorworks Colors palettes; many other palettes are available with Vectorworks Design Series products.

From the Color Palette set, click the Color Palette Manager button. The Color Palette Manager dialog box opens. The palettes available here are located in the Color Palettes library of the default content; see Concept: Resource Libraries.

Parameter	Description
Color palette list	Lists the file’s available color palettes. Click a header to sort the palettes by active status or color palette name. Click on the Active column of a selected palette to activate the palette and add it to the available palettes in the main Color Palette set.
Color List	Lists the colors in the selected palette; click the header to sort by color or by color name
Color Grid	Displays the colors in the selected palette as a grid
New	Opens the New Palette dialog box
Edit	Opens the Edit Palette dialog box
Duplicate	Copies the selected color palette and appends an incrementing number to the copy name (change or rename the copied palette by clicking Edit)
Delete	Deletes the currently selected color palette; only custom palettes can be deleted, but not the Colors in Active Document or standard color palettes
Purge Unused	When the Colors in Active Document palette is selected, removes any colors that are not in use in the file from the Colors in Active Document palette. Referenced colors remain in the active document color palette, even from an object that has been removed. Purging allows accumulated colors to be trimmed.