# Ability to color sketches

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-color-sketches/30202>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [February 5, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-color-sketches/30202 "2024-02-05T17:01:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Pggirvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@Pggirvin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Pggirvin)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-color-sketches/30202/1 "2024-02-05T17:01:00Z")

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Please follow the format below for requesting a feature.

**The problem that this feature will solve:**  
You would be able to disambiguate between multiple sketches in parallel planes.

**Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:**  
I would like to be able to set the color of a sketch so that I can have several related sketches on yet know which is which.

**What can’t you achieve without this feature?**  
When you have multiple sketches in parallel planes, it becomes very difficult to tell what is in your current sketch.

_Is this a workflow blocker for you? Is this why you can’t use Shapr3D for work? Is this slowing you down?_  
Yes, this makes the limited screenspace of an iPad Pro confusing, as you have to turn on and off various sketches in order to get clarity.

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**Author:** ![Treefrog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/treefrog/32/24622_2.png) [@Treefrog](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Treefrog)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-color-sketches/30202/2 "2024-02-06T03:53:14Z")

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That would be nice.

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**Author:** ![Johnmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@Johnmartin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Johnmartin)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-color-sketches/30202/3 "2024-02-06T06:00:38Z")

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As outlined by myself and a large number of users in other threads the ability to easily colourise objects seems to be a common request.

While I haven’t seen the idea of actually setting and sketching from scratch in various colours ( as opposed to colourizing a sketch that has been commenced ) I would support this concept of starting object sketches with user defined colours. It achieves a similar outcome as the often requested ability to easily colourise objects without going through the complex path currently required in the Visualise menu.

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**Author:** ![Treefrog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/treefrog/32/24622_2.png) [@Treefrog](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Treefrog)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 6:36am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-color-sketches/30202/4 "2024-02-06T06:36:00Z")

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In Turbocad they had a panel where you could control each sketches line weight, colour, and style all from one place. Also hatching comes into play here too but I haven’t checked if Shapr3D has that or not - I’d suspect not. But Turboocad is one of those spectacularly busy interfaces with millions of icons which can be a bit over-whelming. So it’s interesting to see how Shapr3D will continue to keep the interface simple and clean but bring increasingly more drawing tools to our fingertips which the product needs.

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**Author:** ![HarrisonDavies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/harrisondavies/32/24464_2.png) [@HarrisonDavies](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/HarrisonDavies)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-color-sketches/30202/5 "2024-02-06T20:48:37Z")

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Are we talking about the lines? I’d love to recolour the drawn lines.

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**Author:** ![Treefrog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/treefrog/32/24622_2.png) [@Treefrog](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Treefrog)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-color-sketches/30202/6 "2024-02-07T07:21:29Z")

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Yeah why not. I don’t see why Shapr3d should be limiting us any kind of usability when it comes to sketching. Sketching’s a critical part of the whole process.and anything that makes it easier and clearer should get green light in my opinion…

I am looking forward to seeing this tool rapidly develop over the next year.

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**Author:** ![Svenito](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/svenito/32/747_2.png) [@Svenito](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Svenito)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/ability-to-color-sketches/30202/7 "2024-10-19T16:27:24Z")

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I have requested this before and think I was told that construction plane has it’s designated sketch color but why did Rhino have this decades ago? Dimming color intensity would add even more Amazing to Shapr.