RAL colours in SolidWorks, PhotoWorks

With its intuitive surface, manifold functions and realistic results this program rises above of the masses of 3D-programs. With RAL-colours the work results turn out to be completely true to reality – with simplicity of use.

The RAL-colour systems RAL CLASSIC, RAL DESIGN and RAL EFFECT will be available after the installation in the material window. With a mouse click they can be used on the objects. The printouts from various different printers will still be correct in terms of colours.

 

Versions	SolidWorks, PhotoWorks 2001 and up
File format	p2m
Colours	RAL CLASSIC: 210 RAL DESIGN System: 1625 RAL EFFECT: 490
Optimizations	Standard RGB Trinitron RGB Offset printing uncoated paper Offset printing coated paper Newsprint
Application for	colouring of 3D objects
Ergonomics	***

 

Destination Directory

It is reasonable to create three RAL directories in which the p2m files are going to be installed:

RAL CLASSIC	SolidWorks xxxx\photoworks\data\Materials\RAL CLASSIC
RAL DESIGN System	SolidWorks xxxx\photoworks\data\Materials\RAL DESIGN
RAL EFFECT	SolidWorks xxxx\photoworks\data\Materials\RAL EFFECT

xxxx stands for the program version.

In this program variant the CMYK palettes (artprint, offset printing uncoated and coated paper) were defined in RGB. To achieve this the black component was substituted by respective negative RGB values (standard formula).

Using RAL colours in SolidWorks

1. The RAL colours are available after the installation.
2. Open the solidworks file that you want to colorize.
3. Choose the menu item „PhotoWorks“ and then „Materials“. The material editor opens.
4. A click on the wanted RAL colour shows an updated preview of your object.
5. The „Render“ command in PhotoWorks will colorize all marked object parts in the selected RAL colour.
   

 

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