How to Color Sketches in SOLIDWORKS

Coloring sketches can be useful for communicating ideas to your team members and increase visibility with layout sketches. For this reason, SOLIDWORKS provides a way to quickly change the color of any sketch from default grey.

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Where is Sketch Color in SOLIDWORKS located?

Sketch Color can be found in the right-click menu of the FeatureManager Design Tree. For this example, I will color vertical structural member sketches in my weldment a different color than horizontal member sketches.

• Select a sketch in the FeatureManager Design Tree.
• Right-click and select Sketch Color in the shortcut menu.
  
  
  

Note: You can also CTRL-Select more than one sketch at a time to color.

Related >> Customizing Colors in SOLIDWORKS Drawings

• In the Sketch/Curve Color PropertyManager there are three color schemes to choose from: Standard, Greyscale, and Pastels.
• You may also expand Color Properties and use the sliders, or key in RGB values to create a custom color.
• Lastly, you can specify what configurations you would like to change the color in.
• Pick the desired color and click OK.
  
  
  

Note: If the sketch is absorbed under a feature, you will have to right-click on the sketch and choose Show to see the sketch with the changed color.

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