Pro/Cabling

[ptc-2167251]

Hello,

I set the cable color to RED, but in the viewport it is still grey.

How can I get the red color?

thanks,

bern

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[ptc-2167251]

Hello,

I've read somewhere that you need a color.map difined, but Pro/E WF 5 does not use color.map.

appearance.dmt is needed.

Where do I put this file, or do I need something else to give my cables a colored look.

I set the color parameter to 'RED' in the electrical parameters(spool)

thanks,

bern

[BrianMartin]

Hi Bern...

There are two pieces to the puzzle with a special caveat to note. In this case, the caveat is probably the part that's preventing the cable colors from working properly.

First- you need to add the COLOR parameter to your spool with a color name. For example: COLOR RED. Second- you need to have a color named "RED" (or whatever color name you've used) in your appearances. This can be from a color.map or an appaearance.dmt file as far as I know. I believe they both still work but I used appearance.dmt now so I haven't verified this. The important piece is to make sure the color is named... without that, nothing works.

So far, it seems like you've gotten both pieces in place. Now comes the caveat... the color option seems to be broken at Wildfire 5.0. It's fixed at Creo 1 and 2. You haven't mentioned what version of Creo or Pro/E you're using but I'd guess you're using Wildfire 5 (Creo Elements/Pro 5.0). If so, this is actually your problem. No matter what you do, you won't be able to get the cable colors to work in this version. You're stuck applying them manually until you upgrade to a later release.

I can assure you though... once you upgrade, it works like a champ!

I hope that helps... let me know if you need more information.

Thanks!

-Brian