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tgiauque1-Visitor
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July 27, 2011
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Color Map - Preloading?

  • July 27, 2011
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A few revs ago, I forget when, PTC added a terrific default color map to Pro/E. This little guy has dozens of useful colors already defined and named in it. But...every time you go to use it, you have to sit while it loads the little sample color globes, one at a time, until the one you want is loaded. Does anyone know of a config option or something that lets Pro/E use some of my computer's memory to, like, populate this table so I don't have to sit and let it churn when I want to use it?

Does this make sense? Here's a picture of what I'm talking about. Note the last three, white globes next to the purple one that have yet to generate.

Thanks in advance,
Tim

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BobSchwerdlin1-Visitor
1-Visitor
July 27, 2011
Known bug. Fixed in WF5 - M080

Bob
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PAULKORENKIEWIC1-Visitor
1-Visitor
July 28, 2011
Anyone know if this color map can be used in WF4? Looks rather nice...

Thanks...

Paul Korenkiewicz
FEV, Inc.
4554 Glenmeade
Auburn Hills, MI., 48326

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
July 28, 2011
Should be able to, it is just a text file, appearance.dmt.
The one I attached has 138 colors in it.

Look in your <loadpoint>\graphic_library\adv_materials\* and you will find others.
You can also download the Graphics Library from ptc.com and it has additional *.dmt files.
Woods, asphalt, concrete, glass, etc are all in the Graphics Library.


Thank you,

Ben H. Loosli
USEC, INC.
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EileenTung10-Marble
10-Marble
August 1, 2011
I replace the original one in
C:\ptc\ProeWildfire3M040\graphic-library\appearances folder

Even there is a config. setting (global_appearance_file), it does not
work.



Regards,

Eileen
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Rev2_Steve6-Contributor
6-Contributor
August 1, 2011

I tried using our standard appearance.dmt in Wildfire 4 after modifying and saving it in Wildfire 5. It would not load, which leads me to think it may not be backwards compatible. There are several new definitions added to each color in the file saved out of Wildfire 5.

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JeffS.1-Visitor
1-Visitor
August 2, 2011
On many occasions we need to take a view of a drawing and bring it into a
Word document. We have always used the CGM output from Pro/E to create a
file that we can then import into Word. Lately Microsoft has been
dropping support for CGM files and this is getting more difficult to
accomplish.

We are using Wildfire 4 M180 and Office 2003 or 2007

What are some other solutions that are being used to bring drawing views
into other documents?

Regards,
Jeff

Jeff Schnellinger
Senior Mechanical Engineer
jeff.schnellinger@kistler.com
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davehaigh13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
August 2, 2011
What I do is print to tiff and the bring that into photoshop, scale it down, and crop to what I want. Makes a nice image.

See attached sample.

David Haigh
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ptc-26070461-Visitor
1-Visitor
August 2, 2011
I do similar… but I like to use PDF’s.



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MIchael_Ohlrich1-Visitor
1-Visitor
August 2, 2011
I use print screen and then paste... quick and dirty! Gets the job done depending on the use.

Michael Ohlrich, Design Engineer
Benchmade Knife Company
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(503) 655-6004 x122

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ptc-1583441-Visitor
1-Visitor
August 2, 2011
I use all those techniques and for screenshots you can't beat Snagit. Check out version 10.

Regards,

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