Saving color & transparency "sets"?
Saving color & transparency "sets"?
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Hello,
In Solidworks there is something called "Display States" where you can save several different color and transparency levels for each component.
For example, you can save "State 1" where solid A has color blue and solid B has color red. Then you can save another "State 2" where solid A has color green and solid B has 50% transparency. This way you can easily switch between the different states and thereby check the effect the different color combinations have on the model. This is extremely useful for creating different color versions of the same model for appearance purposes.
Is there something similar in NX?
In Solidworks there is something called "Display States" where you can save several different color and transparency levels for each component.
For example, you can save "State 1" where solid A has color blue and solid B has color red. Then you can save another "State 2" where solid A has color green and solid B has 50% transparency. This way you can easily switch between the different states and thereby check the effect the different color combinations have on the model. This is extremely useful for creating different color versions of the same model for appearance purposes.
Is there something similar in NX?
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RE: Saving color & transparency "sets"?
I forgot to mention that in addition to controlling the color and transparency, it would be nice to also control the visibility of solids and sheets, eg. hide different individual solids for different "sets". Maybe something for the future.
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Neal
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I suggest you to add an ER, because the workaround suggested by John, the use of arrangements, is absolutely 'spawn'.
Remember that the Display State present in SolidWorks are light, no increment of RAM and other advantage.
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Using NX 8 and TC9.1
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No exist perfect CAD, so when other CAD have a good solution, it's better add an ER then walk on workaround of dubious value.
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Using NX 8 and TC9.1
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RE: Saving color & transparency "sets"?
The component color information is saved based on the body color of the component. In my testing I got some unexpected results when a previously brown component turned purple when using the 'restore' option. Turns out the component faces were brown, making the component appear brown in the assembly, but using Information -> Object confirmed the original body color was purple.
Make sure the component body color is what you think it is before use.
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