Changing part colors in an assembly

[uGlay]

Maybe it's one of the settings in my computer but for some reason I cannot change the colors of parts within an assembly. If i really try, I can change face colors, but that's not what I'm looking to do. I can also assign materials and it changes the colors but I'm not trying to do that either.

On a side note, SolidWorks forum is the #1 hot forum in Eng-Tips. Minus well call it SW-Tips.

 

[uGlay]

sheesh no wonder I was going nuts reading the replies.

I just added my computer information to my signature, hopefully it will prevent this from happening again.

SW2008 Office Pro SP3.1
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
2.19GHz, 2.00GB RAM lulz

 

[ShaggyPE]

This is kinda in the vein (vain) of rgrayclamps statement, when you change the color of a part (subassembly) in the context of a higher level assembly, it doesn't actually update the part's color, it simply assigns a new color to the part in the context of the assembly. Kinda like shooting a coat of paint on the part when it gets to the assembly level. I tend to prefer to NEVER change the color in the context of an assembly, I ALWAYS go back to the part level to change a color. But then, I don't really do any stuff that needs to look pretty.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional

 

[lumenharold]

CBL had posted this link some time ago. I thought perhaps it would help.

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=211718&page=21

Harold
SW2008 SP3.0 OPW2008 SP0.1 Win XP Pro 2002 SP2
Dell 690, Xeon 5160 @3.00GHz, 3.25GB RAM
nVidia Quadro FX4600

http://www.lumenflow.com

 

[uGlay]

Nice link, downloading video now.

SW2008 Office Pro SP3.1
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
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