Assigning color with a material file

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February 22, 2023
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Is it possible to define a color from appearance.dmt to a specific material in the .mtl file itself?

I want all parts made from SAE J995 Grade 5 to be a certain color. Is there an entry that can be put in the material file to change the color when the material is assigned?

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Best answer by kdirth

When defining (or redefining) the material, go to the appearance tab, select new, pick a color, and set the color as default. Back in the Materials window select your material and save.

Chris3

21-Topaz I

Yes it is. See the article below:

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS50533

Chris3

21-Topaz I

I linked to the wrong thing. Try this instead:

https://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_pma/r9.0/usascii/index.html#page/model-based_definition/to_edit_an_appearance_of_a_material.html

In short you need this in your mtl file:

{
Name = PTC_DEFAULT_APPEARANCE
Type = String
Default = 'glass'
Access = Full
},

and you need a corresponding appearance in your global.dmt file

kdirth

Answer

21-Topaz I

When defining (or redefining) the material, go to the appearance tab, select new, pick a color, and set the color as default. Back in the Materials window select your material and save.

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