component color in an assembly
component color in an assembly
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I am in NX6.
I have an assembly where the color of a component is not the same as what it is in its model file.
How do I get the component color in the assembly to be the same as its model file?
This topic has been brought up before in here, but I connot seem to locate anything. The last time I needed to do this was prior to NX6 and an easy toggle someplace.
I have an assembly where the color of a component is not the same as what it is in its model file.
How do I get the component color in the assembly to be the same as its model file?
This topic has been brought up before in here, but I connot seem to locate anything. The last time I needed to do this was prior to NX6 and an easy toggle someplace.





RE: component color in an assembly
RE: component color in an assembly
Note that this sometimes happens when you are creating an assembly in the new release, but you're using legacy parts created in a much older release (or at least one where the .cdf files were different).
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: component color in an assembly
If you right click any component in your assembly and select "properties", then there is a tick box titled "Specific Component Colour" (also note translucency option).
If its ticked ... un-tick it and it will inherit the colour from the individual part.
If its 'greyed out' ... then this gets automatically ticked when you change the colour within "Edit Display".
ps It makes no difference whether it is a color or a colour
Regs,
Jon
RE: component color in an assembly
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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: component color in an assembly
RE: component color in an assembly
Is a .cdf file referenced for an entire NX session, or referenced for each individual part you have open?
And if the latter ... when you open up an assembly, can each individual part reference a different .cdf file or does that assembly reference one .cdf file?
@claireandmabel ...
This doesn't work for me. If I've edited the part colour using "edit display" then it stays as what I've set.
RE: component color in an assembly
I hope that helps clear things up.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
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.