Default object display colors
Default object display colors
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I'm modeling in a single component, setting sheet bodies and faces to different colors as I go.
New surfaces, and in some cases modified surfaces (ie, when using "Trim and Extend" to "Make Corner") are created using some "default" object display color. Somehow, this particular model the default has become BLACK.
Black is not a good color, and surfaces in my model are turning black faster than bad banannas. How can I fix this?
New surfaces, and in some cases modified surfaces (ie, when using "Trim and Extend" to "Make Corner") are created using some "default" object display color. Somehow, this particular model the default has become BLACK.
Black is not a good color, and surfaces in my model are turning black faster than bad banannas. How can I fix this?
NX 5.0.3.2 MoldWizard





RE: Default object display colors
This setting can be found at...
Preferences -> Visualization -> Visual
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RE: Default object display colors
RE: Default object display colors
Preferences| Object default color is blue (glad to find that setting!)
The BLACK issue started when I imported some geometry from an igs file, several surfaces in that igs data were black. Now its recurring.
I have two yellow surfaces, I use trim corner to combine them. Now I have one surface body, the original portion is still yellow, the other faces turned black.
NX 5.0.3.2 MoldWizard
RE: Default object display colors
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Default object display colors
I was sewing a few sheets into a solid (green & yellow), the preview body was black but after hitting OK the yellow surfaces stayed yellow, the green turned black.
NX 5.0.3.2 MoldWizard
RE: Default object display colors
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Default object display colors
NX 5.0.3.2 MoldWizard
RE: Default object display colors
Now the reason that you even notice this is because of an option that has been set under...
Preferences -> Modeling...
...titled 'Boolean Face Properties from' and you've probably have it set to 'Target Body', which is the default. Change it to 'Tool Body' and this will prevent the behavior that you're seeing, but it also means that the colors of the bodies never change. However, that does NOT solve the problem of the Sheet Body having one color set yet looking like another. To that you will need to do is go to...
Edit -> Object Display...
...and select the SHEET BODY. When the dialog comes up go to the Settings section and toggle on the 'Apply to All Faces' option and then assign whatever color you would like it to be.
Now if you go back and set the Modeling Preference back to the default, after the Sew operation the Green faces will change to match the rest of the model, if that was what you wanted than you're home free.
Now as to why this is happening, it's possible that somewhere up the line, since these are translated parts, that color was only assigned to the FACES of that the body, and that the BODY itself may have had no color assignment and therefore ended up BLACK by default (NX had to assign it something).
Anyway, take a look at the other parts of the mode which were translated and see if this is a consistent condition. Note that the way to check the color of the Sheet Body is to use...
Information -> Object...
...just make sure that you actually selecting the SHEET BODY and not the 'Body' feature ( you can use QuickPick or filter for Sheet Bodies).
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Default object display colors
Why cant I right click on "Body (0)" in the part navigator and see this information? I mean, why is "Sheet Body" different than "Body"?
I thought I got past this last time, when I discovered the setting "Apply to All Faces" in the Edit Object Display dialog. In this case it was ineffective because I was selecting "Body" rather than "Sheet Body".
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I imported a pile of surfaces from an igs file (from japan)into a clean part model. Some came in black, I selected all (ctl+a) with a color filter to get the black faces, changed them to yellow.
Then I wave linked some of the faces into this part (the yellow ones), removed parameters, and built a solid. Thats how I caught the black plague.
NX 5.0.3.2 MoldWizard
RE: Default object display colors
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
http://www.plmworld.org/museum/
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Default object display colors
So the Body is just a 'dummy pointer' to get the geometry to show up in the part navigator, unlike unparamaterized curves?
Would this mean that setting any parameters, attributes, etc, for the Body is poor practice?
I have encountered some of this before, with moldwizard attributes for mold trim and pocket status.
NX 5.0.3.2 MoldWizard