The Display Colors dialog controls SA's graphics window display and object colorization. It also controls text and highlight colors.
The graphical view background can be set to a solid color or a gradient. You can also adjust the highlight color used.
To Adjust SA's Background Color Settings:
Use the radio buttons to select Solid or Gradient.
If you choose Solid, only a single background color will be used. Click on the color indicator to change the background color used.
Click the Black button to change the background color to black.
Click the White button to change the background color to white.
Click the Gradient radio button, then choose a start and end color. Specify whether you’d like a horizontal or vertical gradient.
Use the Start and End color selectors to define the two colors to use to define the gradient across the graphic view.
Text Color The color used for text labels can be selected here.
Heads up Display The current setting for the Heads Up Display is accessible here as well as in the full Heads Up Display (HUD) window.
Highlight Color Options
Highlight Color The highlight color will be used for any highlighted items in the graphic view. Its advisable to choose a color that is significantly different from the background color in order to clearly identify the highlighted items.
Surface Backside Color The backsides of surfaces can be colorized to help in identifying potential problems with point offset compensation. A unique color can be chosen to display the backsides of surface.
Every surface in SA (in addition to other entities, such as planes) has a positive and a negative side. To account for a probe’s target offsets, it's important all comparisons be performed against the positive side of a surface. To determine the positive side, SA renders the negative side of surfaces in a special, user-definable color - a light gray by default.
You can choose a custom color to denote surface backsides if the gray is insufficient. It is best to choose an unusual color which is not one of the typical working colors.
You can disable surface backside highlighting so both the front and back side of surfaces appear in the same color.
Auto Set. This automatically picks colors that are distinct from the current background color setting.
Restore the Factory Default. This option can be used to restore SA's default color pallet.