Change color of component in NX 9 ? 2

[biw01]

Hello Everyone,

I am unable to change the color of a component in NX 9 by selecting the component in the assembly and Edit Display --> Color.
Is there some NX setting that is preventing me from applying the color. I do not see any visual color change in the assembly. The same is happening when I try to change the color using a NXOpen program.

Please help as I am clueless.

Thanks,
Amitabh

 

[JohnRBaker]

It works for me using NX 9.0.3.4, whether I select the Component from the screen or from the Assembly Navigator. Make sure that you're not in one of the 'Studio' modes where a material/texture assignment may be overriding the 'native' color of the Components.

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[cowski]

Also, make sure the "random" color option is turned off.

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[biw01]

Thank you John for the reply.
Can you please let me know how can I figure out whether I am in one of the studio modes ?
Is there some NX setting ?

Thanks.

 

[biw01]

Cowski,

Where can I view this option so that I can check the setting.

Thanks.

 

[cowski]

Menu -> preferences -> visualization -> color/font -> part settings -> random color
There is more than one way to get to it, search for "random color" in the command finder for other ways.

Also, use Information -> Object... on the component. In the first 15 lines or so of the output you will see the Color listed and you may also see the Actual Color listed. I've seen cases where these two colors were not the same and changing the component color didn't have an effect on the displayed color; but I'm not sure how it got in this state and I have not been able to reproduce it...

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[biw01]

Thank you Cowski. I will definitely have a look at these settings.
NX sometimes tend to behave so weirdly.

Thanks once again.

 

[JohnRBaker]

The best is to simply place your cursor over your screen where there are no objects, press MB3, select 'Rendering Style' and select one of the first two items, 'Shaded with Edges' or 'Shaded', and you will no longer be in any of the 'Studio' display modes.

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[biw01]

What is Actual Color Vs. Color as detailed out in the information window shown below. Can they be different as well ?

Layer 18
Type Component
Color 108 (Emerald)
Font SOLID
Width Normal
Modified Version 882 10 Feb 2015 11:29 (by user cma7314)
Created Version 584 28 Jan 2014 16:03 (by user cma5690)
Actual Color 108 (Emerald)

Thanks

 

[JohnRBaker]

You have to keep in mind that when you're working in the context of an Assembly, editing the color of a Component only changes the color of that single Component for THAT single Assembly only. The color of the original model in the master part file will be unchanged as will be all of the other Assemblies where that same part is being used as a Component.

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[biw01]

I was able to figure out what was causing the color issue.
It was to do with the "Assembly Load Option" setting. If the "Use Lightweight Representation" is checked , the face color is not changing. The user needs to un-check this and then load the assembly in NX session before applying the face color.

Thanks for your help.

 

[ewh]

Thanks for the solution!

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[JohnRBaker]

Let me get this clear, you're NOW saying that you're trying to edit the color of a FACE, correct? This is the first time that you've mentioned editing the FACE of a Component. All of your previous posts have only mentioned editing the color of a Component.

That being said, even when I load an Assembly using Lightweight Representations, I have NO problems whatsoever editing the color of either the Component itself or one of the faces of a Component. But if you're happy with your 'solution', well more power to you.

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[Kenja824]

In the past, we have had problems similar to this. People would change the color of a body and it would revert back to the original color. We learned that though we were changing the color to the body, it was not changing the color to the faces. We had to make sure that the "Apply to all faces of selected body" in settings of the Edit Object Display dialogue box was checked.

I am not sure if this was the same thing, but since it sounded similar, I thought I would toss it in there.