Changing the color scheme in a drawing

OmniGraffle OmniGraffle for Mac
#1

Hi,

I have a stencil with objects (vector drawings) that all use the same color scheme of four different shades of blue. The objects range in complexity from 1 to 20’ish different shapes: lines and (filled) polygons. I’m looking for a way to create different versions of these objects in others color schemes. E.g. fours shades of orange, four shades of green etc.

I know I can copy an object and then select all the lines of the same color and then change the color of these lines. But that is a lot of work, especially for the more complex objects.

Is there a way to “search and replace” a color OmniGraffle 7.2 ?

Thanks,

Pieter.

#2

You might use the Selection tab of the sidebar to help you select all the relevant shapes?

https://support.omnigroup.com/documentation/omnigraffle/mac/7.2.2/en/managing-canvases-layers-and-objects-in-the-sidebar/#the-selection-tab

If your document is too complex for that to save much time, perhaps it’s time to dip into AppleScript?

#3

Thanks for the suggestion! I found that using the “differentiate by shape style” option worked best for me, that grouped a few shapes together so that I could change their line or fill color at the same time, reducing the amount of clicking required. Still faster that me writing an AppleScript…

Feature request:

May I suggest adding a “differentiate by fill style” and “differentiate by stroke style” option? That would make I easier to do something like this, without making it very specific to changing colors. It could be used for changing things line thickness as well using the inspector.

#4

Thanks for the feature idea! If you haven’t already, please drop us a quick line email at: omnigraffle@omnigroup.com, and we’ll be sure to get that recorded as a feature request for the team to look into.