About "RAL Colours" Add-On

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INTRODUCTION

RAL Colour Standards are developed and controlled by the German Institute of Quality Assurance and Trademark Control. The 194 classical shades (RAL 840-HR) and the new RAL Design System with its 1688 colours are both well known in a number of industries, including building materials and cosmetics.

The RAL Digital software integrates all RAL Colours (194 + 1688) into numerous construction programs providing in each case more than 25 output variants (screen, printer, etc.).

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HOW TO INSTALL "RAL Colours" ADD-ON

Start this installer and follow the instructions. The add-on will be automatically loaded the next time you start ArchiCAD.

The new "Import RAL colors..." command will appear in the "Options" menu by default.

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THE RAL COLOUR FOR GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD TEST FILES

The 840_TEST.PAL and RDS_TEST.PAL files contain the current first 50 colours of both RAL Colour Systems. They allow you to test the use of RAL Colours in ArchiCAD.

Using RAL Colours in ArchiCAD

After the installation, the first 50 colours of both colour systems can be made available to ArchiCAD:

• Go to the "Options" menu and choose the "Import RAL Colors..." command. A dialog box will appear, allowing you to choose between the two sample files. Select either one.

• The "Import RAL Colors" dialog box appears, listing the available colours. Select a color and click OK. Multiple selection is also allowed. The selected colour(s) will be loaded.

• Choose the "Options/ Element attributes/ Materials" command. You will see the additional materials bearing the names of the imported RAL colours have been added.

• Adjust material choices in the tools' settings dialog boxes.

• Create your drawings in RAL!

The colours are optimized for Trinitron Colour Monitors (6500 °K, Gamma = 1,8) and result in a high quality display on suitable machines. In RAL digital the colour palettes are provided for more than 20 further output possibilites (printer, plotter etc.).

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THE RAL DIGITAL PACKAGE

The complete RAL digital software package contains various further colour palettes for Adobe Illustrator, Corel DRAW!/ Photo-Paint, Macromedia FreeHand, Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress, Adobe Photoshop, Micrografx Designer, Micrografx Picture Publisher, as well as additional pieces of software for colour planning such as Colour Dropper, Visual Colour Tuning and various Colour Maps.

For more information on the complete RAL Digital package, please contact:

GRAPHISOFT UK Ltd.
Phone: (+44) 117 930 1320
Fax: (+44) 117 929 9331
E-mail: mail@graphisoft.co.uk

The software is provided to you "AS IS" and you acknowledge that it may contain errors. GRAPHISOFT disclaims any warranty or liability obligations of any kind.