Changing the default material and default part color

[vball85jb]

Using NX 8.02 and TC 9. How do we change the default material and color of parts from the steel density and steel blueish color to a grey aluminum color, and the aluminum density? We use Alum 99% of the time so it would be fantastic not to have to assign aluminum as the material every time we create a new part.

Also when you have created a part and you assign a new material, why doesn't the part color change to represent the new color? If my part is steel the default blue/grey color is ok, but a gold part should change to a gold yellow color, aluminum should be a light grey, etc.

Why do I need to use Edit Object Display to change the colors for something so easily automatically done in other cad packages like SW and SE?

 

[JohnRBaker]

The material assignment (Name and Density) and the appearance (Color) are NOT related to each other.

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[vball85jb]

They should be...

So since they are not, how do I make the appearance a default color other than the gray?