Surface of extrude different than background

[cgherghe-2]

Is there a way, in CREO 10, to get the surface of an extrude to look different than the background surface?

The first picture is what I was trying to achieve -- a plaque (i.e. an ornamental tablet, typically of metal, porcelain, or wood, that is fixed to a wall or other surface in commemoration of a person or event).

The second picture shows how it looks in CREO, using NO HIDDEN -- anything else (like SHADING WITH EDGES) transforms it into something horrible, that cannot be understood (my colors in CREO have always been awful, never managed to get those nice pastel colors that other people show on YouTube).

The third picture shows how it should look even in CREO -- I used colors to make a point, but what I had in mind was at least a GRAINY surface, different from the background surface of the respective plaque, just to make sense to someone who is trying to figure out what they are looking at (no need to look artistically pleasant, but to be at least intelligible).

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!

Also, it would help if the surface of the extrude would NOT be so FLAT -- some way to make at least the nose stand out a bit and give it a 3D aspect, that part would really be quite something!!
I know there is FREE STYLE in CREO, but I am not there yet, and as such, I am looking for an easy way out (which may not exist in this instance).

 

 

 

[tbraxton]

To address the appearance for the surfaces, decals offer a solution.

Using decals

You can create the desired topology to define the surface shape as desired, but you will need to create the geometry in the model. 

The warp tool is one option.

About the Warp Tool

[cgherghe-2]

I will try both decals and warp tool, and report back, but I found out that what generally applies to the surface of the part, does not necessarily apply to the surface of an extrude created on said part. I need the extrude surface to be different from the part surface.

[MarkMcDonald]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the problem.  But it sounds like you want the face and text to be a different color than the rectangular base.

If so, you can apply different colors to different surfaces.  Go to VIEW - APPEARANCES, select your desired color, select the surfaces you want to color, then press mouse middle button to finish.  The colors only show in shaded mode though.

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