Colour palettes in Softtech Spirit

Softtech's Spirit is one of the largest names in CAD. The colours are imported as material databases (dbf und bmp) and can be used with Fresco Movie (Version 7-8) or about SPIRITvis (Version 9) for the rendering.

This is how colour fidelity is brought about - from design all the way to manufacture by the craftsmen.

 

Versions	Windows: 9.x and up
File format	bmp
Colour system	all
Optimizations	Standard RGB Trinitron RGB Offset printing uncoated paper Offset printing coated paper Newsprint
Application for	3D
Ergonomics	***

 

Destination Directory

[name of the colour system]

ST9\ArConOEM\Texturen\FARBEN\[name of the colour system]

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).

Using colour palettes in Spirit vis

Make available one time

1. Select "Options/ Program Settings“
2. Add the paths under "Texture Path/ alternate paths" "C:\ST9\ArConOEM\Texturen\FARBEN\[name of the colour system]".
3. If Spirit was not installed under the path „C:\ST9“ then you have to edit the path declaration accordingly. With the next start of ArCon, colours are available.

Using RAL colours in Spirit vis

1. Open a new or an existing file.
2. Select "View/Texture and Object Catalogue".
3. Click on „Catalog/Textures" .
4. Change to the directory "[name of the colour system]".
5. Choose any colour as texture and drag it on your object.
6. Design with your colour system!

The colours including colour names will appear in the material display field of SPIRITvis.