different colour for instances of family
different colour for instances of family
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dear freinds,
There is any method in pro/e, by which i can color the instances of a family memeber.
nikhil gothankar
engineer
ng@hitechesoft.com
www.hitechesoft.com
There is any method in pro/e, by which i can color the instances of a family memeber.
nikhil gothankar
engineer
ng@hitechesoft.com
www.hitechesoft.com





RE: different colour for instances of family
Recneps
RE: different colour for instances of family
Here is my brain fart:
You should check out TPI ID#14349. This may give you some ideas. It pertains a similar issue with mass properties calculations in family tables for individual instances.
Is there a system variable for colour?
If there is, BINGO!
Here is a quick run thru:
-Make a parameter in the family table.
-Make a relation to set this parameter to desired intstance colour.
-Assemble all instances into a assembly ( instance placement is irrelevant).
-Edit the assembly Pro/Program to force a regen.
this should re-evaluate the colour parameter for each instance in the assembly.
RE: different colour for instances of family
you asked me to create a parameter & set this to desired color. But in pro/e when you set the color of any part,name of color is not stored as parameter (for giving relations etc.).
nikhil gothankar
RE: different colour for instances of family
"Is there a system variable for colour?
If there is, BINGO!"
How is it stored? Any ideas?
RE: different colour for instances of family
"Question:Can I specify the color of the part as item in a family table?
Answer: Yes, you can: you first must set a parameter named color,if you'd like, with a value "black" for instance. Then "add item" to the family table (Fam table/add item) and select "parameter/color" from the menu. Of course, your initial value (black)will be attributed to your generic model. You can add an instance that on the "Color" column would have any another value(natural,etc). You can see your model parameters in the tree by adding the column for the model parameters."
I hope this will be a solutions.
Bye!
emproe@katamail.com
RE: different colour for instances of family
Recneps
RE: different colour for instances of family
I have a family table of screws with 10 different sizes.
Each of these 10 instances (sizes) needs a variable "color" which can be one of 5 preset values. The color needs not to be shown in the part itself, only as text in bill of materials. As of now I can solve this only by making 10x5=50 instances which makes the family table long and not easy to manage.
Any suggestions?
RE: different colour for instances of family
- add a surface to the model which includes all surfaces
- then give this surface a colour
- add the surface to the family table & turn on/off as req
- create new surfaces for each colour
Works OK.
Ed
RE: different colour for instances of family
INteresting appraoch, on the same note.... how about creating an associative shrinkwrap for each instance then colouring that?
RE: different colour for instances of family
I've got a bunch of parts with different instances, and for all those different instances, they have different colors too .....
RE: different colour for instances of family
Create surfaces that use existing geometry to drive (ie surface is a child of solid.) One surface feature for each instance that you want a different color. Control color attribute to each surface indifidually.
Add all surfaces to family table. Each surface feature is YES only for one instance.
Yes it is a work around, but it does work.
Method proposed by "helpmewithintralink" could work, but I haven't ever tried that method.
Tom