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pshepherdson12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
January 8, 2024
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Part rendering – can’t change the part colour

  • January 8, 2024
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Hi,

I want to change the colour of my parts. We do sheet metal, so all of my parts (except a few) are sheet metal. For whatever reason, I no longer have the ability to change the overall colour of a part.  (Except for the ‘pick each & every surface’ method currently)

 

I used to be able to open the render tab, and select a colour, then click the [upper most] part [main feature] in the model tree, and it would change the whole part color & each subsequent feature added to eh part.. it no longer does that. It’s stuck on whatever the default color was.

 

New sheet metal parts won't change.  But older "parts" (not sheet metal) will change per the older method..

 

In the 'edit model appearance' tab, it shows the proper colour, as well as the older / original colour.  yet it only shows the part in the older "default" colour, despite this new colour being applied..

 

Now, this also seem to apply to assemblies.  The assembly comes in as one solid colour.  But when I open the individual part, I see it is coloured differently..

 

Did something change? Is there something I need to change? Is there something we might have changed by accident?!

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pshepherdson12-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
January 8, 2024

I'm thinking it might have something to do with this concept of "bodies"..

 

We jumped from Creo 3 to Creo 9,  And I don't quite get / understand this concept..  (We never got any support to transition from 3 to 9, so, we're kinda lost..)

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23-Emerald III
BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
January 8, 2024

Look in the bottom right corner of your Creo screen and you will see a drop down menu for what to be changed when View-Apperance is selected.

Change it to Body will change the whole model.

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pshepherdson12-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
January 9, 2024

HI Ben, thanks,.. 

 

Tried that, no effect.  The only way I can change the colour for the 'body is to expand the 'design tree& select the body from there..

 

I try to select the body, geometry, all, etc..  no effect (it switches back to 'all' each time..)

kdirth
21-Topaz I
kdirth21-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
January 8, 2024

I am using 7.0 and don't know if appearances have changed in since.

 

To change the base model color I select a color the select the part name at the top of the tree and accept.  If there are surfaces that a color has already been applied to, it will not override them.  Goto the appearance menu and use RMB on other colors and select 'Select Objects' then select Clear Appearance.

 

If the color is different in the assembly, there is a color applied at the assembly level.  Select the part and select Remove Appearance.

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    pshepherdson12-AmethystAuthor
    12-Amethyst
    January 9, 2024

    Hey, exactly what I'm trying to do. For whatever reason, it won't do this anymore..  

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    Tdaugherty16-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    January 9, 2024

    Maybe give this a try? 

     

    • Open the part
    • Switch to the View Tab
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    • Reassign a new color 
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    16-Pearl
    Michael16-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    January 9, 2024

    After making the color change, make sure you do view > save status. 

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    pshepherdson12-AmethystAuthor
    12-Amethyst
    January 9, 2024

    Hi, sorry, don't follow you.  is this a new thing?  (never had to do that before.  For hidden stuff, sure, but not for changing part colours)

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    pshepherdson12-AmethystAuthor
    12-Amethyst
    January 9, 2024

    as an update to all who have helped me:

     

    It seems we might have something in our template that is forcing this colour.  When I "remove all" appearances, it reverts back to a base colour (not eh white I see).

     

    So I am assuming we have made / changed some setting to force it to be this colour..  regardless..

     

    thanks all who have posted..

     

    paul

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