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MukaSingh1-Visitor
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August 28, 2010
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Secondary machined part from casting

  • August 28, 2010
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I have created a machined version from a casting part and I want to add an appearance to the machined part at the base feature and all other features that are added I want them to be a different color from the base part. The reason for this is I want all the secondary machined features to stand out so you can tell just by looking at the model which features are machined.


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Darrell13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
August 28, 2010

I set all the surfaces to a new color, then all the machined features that remove material will show the color of the model before the new color was applied to the surfaces.

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MukaSingh1-VisitorAuthor
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August 28, 2010

Hi Darrell

Thanks for the input. How do I select all the surfaces and not the entire part? I'm assuming I only need to select surfaces correct?

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Darrell13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
August 29, 2010

In WF4: View-Colors and Apperances. Select the color you want to apply to the surfaces. Under Assignment on the appearance box, select surfaces from the drop-down list. Select a surface and then right-click on it and select solid surfaces. This should select all surfaces on the model. Then select the OK button and apply the color. Now when you make a cut, the newly created surfaces will have the old solid color that's under the surfaces. Note that you can apply the color to the surfaces at any point in the model tree, so you can drag the insert here pointer up and apply before some of the features.

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