Color Contours by Elevation

This command sets the color of the selected contour polylines and text based on elevation. The color to use is defined in elevation range table.

• Auto - This button opens the following dialog, allowing for automatic configuration of the range of elevations and colors.
  

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  • Starting Zone # - Sets the zone with which to begin the application of the settings defined in this dialog.  For Instance, if the Starting Zone was set to 10, the settings definitions applied here wouldn't affect Zones 1-9, but would start at Zone 10.
  • Set Values - Enables the Starting Value and Value Interval fields, which allow the user to specify the starting elevation for the given zone and set the zone increment.
  • Starting Value - Sets the starting elevation value for the first zone.
    
  • Value Interval - Sets the elevation increment for subsequent zones.
  • Set Colors - Enables the Starting Color and Color Increment fields.
  • Starting Color # - Sets the starting color number, based on the AutoCAD standard color chart.
  • Color Increment - Sets the color number to increase for subsequent zones.  So if the increment was set to 5, and the starting color was 60, the next color would be 65, 70, and so on.
  • Note:  The Pattern, Scale, and Layer options do not apply to this command.
    

• Clear - Clears the all of the Elevation fields in the dialog
  

• Load - Loads previous settings from a saved .pat file

• Save - Saves the current setting configuration to a .pat file.

Prompts

Select polylines and text to color: pick the entities
Define Ranges Dialog
Pick point for color legend: pick a point to a clear area of the drawing to place a legend or press Enter for no legend

Pull-Down Menu Location: Surface >> Modify Contours >> Color Contours
Keyboard Command: ctrcolor
Prerequisite: Contours polylines