RAL colours in Vectorworks 2008-2009

Vectorworks improved the work with colour palettes fundamentally with Version 2008. The previous detour via gradient definition was revised and the work with several palettes in one project is possible now.

Versions	Windows: 2008 and up; Macintosh: 2008 and up
File format	xml
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	2D, 3D, painting, all tools
Ergonomics	***

 

Destination Directory

Vectorworks 2008	Vectorworks 2008\Bibliotheken\Vorgaben\Farben
Vectorworks 2009	Vectorworks 2009\Bibliotheken\Vorgaben\Farben

The adherence to this destination path is not necessary for the availability of the palettes in the program.

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).

Usage of RAL colours in VectorWorks 2008-2009

After the installation the RAL colours are available in the chosen output optimized form in VectorWorks:

1. Open a new or an existing file in Vectorworks.
2. Click the palette manager button in the attributes palette
3. In the palette manager you can activate your desired RAL palette(s).
4. Create your projects in RAL colours!

 

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