How to retain entity characteristics?

[pimm]

In my base model I can change the color of the geometry I am working on.

When I move this model into another model using Merge Inheritance or Copy Geom it loses it's color characteristics.

I know there must be a way to retain the color settings from the imported model.

What settings would I have to modify in order to keep colors from the base model?

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[BHOoi]

Hi, Paul. I have been using data sharing commands (copy geom, merge/inherit) and the base model always retain its original colors. I think this is the default (retaining color) and I am not aware of any setting required for  this characteristic. The only thing required would be to regen the model after each color change in the base model. Hope this helps.

[pimm]

It is good to know that retaining model colors is possible.

I did some more testing to see if this doesn't work because of technique.

I was surprised to see that you can at least bring over Copy Geom quilts as their original color.  This we most certainly will take advantage of.

However; it appears that you can't bring in a Merge Inheritance model with it's original color scheme.  Perhaps this is more of an issue of whether the model you are bringing in is a solid as that is the way we are using the Merge Inheritance.

I pretty much established that you couldn't retain colors when I worked within Pro Mold as everything I tried in retaining the color settings seemed to fail.  We aren't using the Pro Mold interface as much anymore so that in itself wouldn't pose a road block.

Can you bring in a Solid Inheritance model merge and still retain the base model's color scheme?

[BHOoi]

I never use solid in merge/inheritance, only surface/quilt. I did a simple model just now and I noticed that only those assigned to surfaces (not entire part) were brought in to my model. I guess the workaround for this issue would be assigning color to surfaces instead of relying on part color.