Changing part colors in an assembly
Changing part colors in an assembly
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Maybe it's one of the settings in my computer but for some reason I cannot change the colors of parts within an assembly. If i really try, I can change face colors, but that's not what I'm looking to do. I can also assign materials and it changes the colors but I'm not trying to do that either.
On a side note, SolidWorks forum is the #1 hot forum in Eng-Tips. Minus well call it SW-Tips.
On a side note, SolidWorks forum is the #1 hot forum in Eng-Tips. Minus well call it SW-Tips.






RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
Select the part in FM tree. Right click it and choose "Appearance" and then "Color...". There you have it.
Alex
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
"On a side note, SolidWorks forum is the #1 hot forum in Eng-Tips." Is that good or bad?!?
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 06/08
ctopher's home (updated Apr 30, 2008)
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
My previous comment was not clear. You should select the part in FM (Feature manager) tree in your assembly. Right click it and choose "Appearance" and then "Color...". There you have it.
If you select a face, you will change color of that face. If you select the part, you will change color of all faces of the part.
Alex
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
Can't you select the part in FM (Feature manager) tree in your assembly. Right click it and choose "Appearance" and then "Color..."?
Alex
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
You can access appearance color of a part in an assembly any time you want.
Alex
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
uGlay, go to View/Display/ and click RV off.
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
Are you aware that there are two sets of colors for any parts? Native color of faces of a part and appearance color of the part in an assembly. They are different.
Alex
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
Click on the globe in the "Heads Up" toolbar.
rgrayclamps, this is what I see on my PC;
RV enabled = http:/
RV disabled = http://
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
I am kind of behind. I still use SW2007. I think uGlay is talking about colors of parts in assemblies not colors of the parts themselves.
Alex
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
I just added my computer information to my signature, hopefully it will prevent this from happening again.
SW2008 Office Pro SP3.1
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
2.19GHz, 2.00GB RAM lulz
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
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Harold
SW2008 SP3.0 OPW2008 SP0.1 Win XP Pro 2002 SP2
Dell 690, Xeon 5160 @3.00GHz, 3.25GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX4600
www.lumenflow.com
RE: Changing part colors in an assembly
SW2008 Office Pro SP3.1
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
2.19GHz, 2.00GB RAM lulz