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Changing material changes the part color-but I dont want it to!

Changing material changes the part color-but I dont want it to!

Changing material changes the part color-but I dont want it to!

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I'm going thru an assembly and changeing the part materials.  When I do so on each part the color of the part changes to the material's specified color, and I dont want it to.  Is there a defaultable setting that I can make this stop?

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RE: Changing material changes the part color-but I dont want it to!

Not that I know of ... but I haven't checked.

You could create your own custom materials and apply your choice of colours.

RE: Changing material changes the part color-but I dont want it to!

Yeah, you pretty much have to adjust the material appearances after you apply the material.  Although, there may be a way to control this with display states.  I haven't messed with display states very much, but it might be worth looking into.

Dan

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RE: Changing material changes the part color-but I dont want it to!

Right-click on the material name in the feature tree.
When window opens, select the "Appearance" tab. Uncheck the "Apply appearance" box.

Chris
SolidWorks 10 SP4.0
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RE: Changing material changes the part color-but I dont want it to!

Back a few versions here (2008), so I'm not sure if this still holds true, considering all the changes to appearance functionality lately:

Anyhow, If you change the material by right-click and select 'edit material' (instead of directly selecting from the list of recent materials used) there will be a box pre-selected that reads 'Use material color'.  You can deselect this and it will maintain your previously chosen color(s).
 

RE: Changing material changes the part color-but I dont want it to!

You have to engineering logic..

one way is to like "CorBlimeyLimey" mension
      
"You could create your own custom materials and apply your choice of colours."

The second and simpel way is, but the material first, then change the color...

I don`t unerstand, way you have to change the material all the time ?

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