Feature Colors in Part Files
Feature Colors in Part Files
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When you change the color of a part in the feature tree, say to orange for example, then the color of all FUTURE features will be orange. If you go to options, document properties, colors, and change the color of any feature, say a boss changes to red, then any future bosses change to red. So far so good.
The problem I'm having is if I decide to change the part color to something else, say yellow. When I do this, all future features will be yellow, except the boss, which remains at red. Is there a way to "cancel" the red I assigned to a boss, and have it link back up to the part color? It seems like once a feature color is globally changed within a document, there's no way to undo it and have it's color follow the part's color.
Thanks
The problem I'm having is if I decide to change the part color to something else, say yellow. When I do this, all future features will be yellow, except the boss, which remains at red. Is there a way to "cancel" the red I assigned to a boss, and have it link back up to the part color? It seems like once a feature color is globally changed within a document, there's no way to undo it and have it's color follow the part's color.
Thanks
John Graham CSWP 
Mechanical Design Engineer






RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)
RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
John Graham CSWP
Mechanical Design Engineer
RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
thread559-139678
Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)
RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
John Graham CSWP
Mechanical Design Engineer
RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
ht
Flores
SW06 SP4.1
RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
John Graham CSWP
Mechanical Design Engineer
RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
If you change the colour of a part or its features within an assy, the colours will only apply within that assy ... not in the individual part. It is usually much easier/better to set the colours directly in the part files so that the colour remains the same wherever the part is used.
It is not a bug, I believe it is a misunderstanding of how & where colours are applied.
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RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
What I'm talking about is a bug. The thread referenced by ctopher is irrelevant to the issue I have. I'm not bringing the part into an assembly. I'm in the part file the entire time.
If you change the color of a feature type (not an individual feature) in the options, doc. props, color menu, there is no way to undo that change and have the color natually follow the part's color. If you change the part's color, future feature's color will be what you set them to in the options menu and not the part's color. I know it's confusing, but I'm pretty sure it's a bug.
John Graham CSWP
Mechanical Design Engineer
RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
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RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
I have a macro that changes file properties from a given file to another. When the colors are changed doing this, you can't go back.
John Graham CSWP
Mechanical Design Engineer
RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
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RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
I don't think your method remedies it. If the color of bosses has been globally changed to green, and the part color has been changed to red, bosses still show up red. After you cahnge the part color, go to Tools > Options > Document Options > Colors, and you'll notice that bosses are still red, even after resetting to defaults and removing colors of individual features. I still think it's a bug.
John Graham CSWP
Mechanical Design Engineer
RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
I will re-test on my home computer.
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RE: Feature Colors in Part Files
I guess you should report it as a bug if that function is important to you.
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