RDworks colours and RGB formulations

[Gene Uselman]

Post by Ian Bell » Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:51 am

I'm doing a few cutting tests on my machine so that I can determine preferred power/speed for various materials.

I created a small grid of rectangles with each row representing a certain speed and the column indicating power %. I assigned a colour to each rectangle so that I can assign values accordingly. Is there a way I can produce a matrix of 8 x 6 in a single file so that I can run it as a standard template.

At the minute it looks like i'm restricted by the colour bar in RDworks having around 20 colours

Post by Gene Uselman » Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:30 am

You can import other colors in a .dfx file but you cannot really use them for anything else [in other words, they will not appear at the bottom of the page and there is no way to assign them to a different graphic]. I posted some cutting and engraving files that do more or less what you are trying to do but in a round config with pie shaped panels. I started with a file from Boss lasers that they have for download BTW

The colors are RGB by the way, cmyk colors are not recognized.

by sebastien laforet » Mon Jun 12, 2017 4:48 am

RDWorks can handle other colors as well, but if you have a color that is not in the 20 of RDworks, you will have some limitations :
- you can not set an object to any "new" color, just the standard ones.
- when selecting the layer of the "new" color and "right-click" it will not select the objects of this color as it will do with the standard colors.


so, the best bet is to setup your design with your colors in an external program (inkscape, Ai, ...) and import it. then you will have to change speed/power for each layer.

i have made a color palette in inkscape with the standard colors of RDworks, so i'm sure that when i set a line to light-blue, it will be the same in RDworks. i do not have the file under the hand right now but i could post it if anybody is interested.

please note also that beside black/blue/red/green, the RDworks colors are NOT really standard and have RGB values not intuitive.

by sebastien laforet » Mon Jun 12, 2017 1:43 pm

here is the content of the Inkscape palette.. i did not convert all the values, with 12 of them i have largely enough...

you can convert the RGB values below for use in your favorite program.

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GIMP Palette
Name: RDWorks
#
0 0 0 white
255 255 255 black
0 0 255 blue
255 0 0 red
0 255 0 green
250 128 114 salmon (pink)
30 144 255 light blue
255 255 0 yellow
138 54 15 brown
128 128 0 kaki
0 128 92 olive
255 69 0 orange
64 0 128 purple

you can save this file as a .gpl file to use in inkscape (put the file in ~/.config/inkscape/palettes/rdworks.gpl on linux), refer to the doc if needed for the path on windows machines. should probably work for gimp also, no idea what you need for AI or corel.

[Gene Uselman]

Sebastien Laforet- how did you determine these RGB colors? I have the first 12 that you have above but I would love to have the last 6 colors in the RDworks color swatches. Thanks Gene

[Pete Cyr]

Someone created this a while back

A color palette for corel draw x8 witch supports the 20 colors of rdworks v8.01.19 .
To install it go to: Window -> Color Palettes -> Open Palette

RDworks_color_palette.xml

[Gene Uselman]

Thanks Pete- I don't have corel draw

[Dave Vigness]

Pete,

I have X7. When I add / install the color palette, I only get the no fill square at the top, nothing else. Any suggestions?