How to change the background color of the 3D scene in IRONCAD?

A recurring question to us at support is about how to change the background color in the 3D scene in IRONCAD?

It's a very simple change to make and don't forget to save it as a new template, so you don't have to change it every time, which we also describe how to do at the end of the post.

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Background settings...

First create a new empty 3D scene.

Then right-click in the background and select Background...

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Under the Color option there are now a few different choices.

Click on the arrow to the right of the Top Color and Bottom Color to display a color palette where you can choose between the colors you want to use. For example, White to White for a solid white background or Blue to White for a gradient background color.

Under Pattern you control how the direction of the two colors should be. The Top to Bottom option provides a natural transition from the top to the bottom between the selected colors. There are also other directions to choose from.

When you are satisfied with your choice, click OK.

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Save your changes as a template

When you are happy with your changes to the 3D scene, save the file as usual with Save.

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Under file format, select Template Files (see red highlight below).

The program will now automatically change the path to the path that is set under the global basic settings in the program that you find via Options, Directories.

Each folder below corresponds to a tab of 3D templates in IRONCAD (see top of last image below). Here you can create your own folder to manage your own templates or use an existing folder/tab where you can put your new template.

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In this case, we open the Metric folder to save our new template there, then enter the new name of the template under File name.

Press the Save button to execute.

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Set a different 3D template as default

To use your own template, or another of the standard templates available, for new 3D scenes, go to the New... button on the Home tab, select the Scene option in the window, then OK.

Select the 3D template that you want to be yourdefault template and click on the oblong Set Selection as Default Template button.

NOTE! Please check that the path displayed under the button ends with the file name of your selected template.

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From now on, a new empty 3D scene will always be based on the template you selected. Otherwise, repeat the step above to switch to another template.

Remember that you can always quickly create a new empty 3D scene from the selected default template using the keyboard shortcut [N] or via the New Scene button in the Home tab.

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