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Non-Printing Items Now Have a Color Selection

A new color selection has been added to the Assign Color option in System/Drawing Options. Construction Color is now used to control items that do not print.

Go to File > System Options > Assign Color.
Select the Miscellaneous Item Group under the Group Colors section.

The following is a list of items that are affected by Construction Color:

Non-Print Notes
Joist poly reference side mark
Joist poly vertex mark
Opening exterior treatment and keystone in plan view
Enlarged Dimensions with ctrl+Q
Construction Point
Stair Construction Point
Wall end treatment such as corner boards and quoins in plan view
Deck vertex mark
Deck surface vertex mark
Paint seed point
Shot point, enlarged digits (ctrl+Q)
Site line dimensions, enlarged digits (ctrl+Q)

SoftPlan no Longer Supports 256 Color Mode

SoftPlan Version 12 has improved upon the quality of the images produced by SoftView. Because of the enhanced features in SoftView, the program will no longer support display modes configured at 256 colors or less. If your system is not configured for High Color (16 bit) or greater, a warning message will appear and the program will not start until the display mode is appropriately configured.

Refer to your Windows documentation on how to change the number of colors your monitor displays.