Components lose assigned color when exported as .jt file

[kf8xo]

We have specific colors that must be applied to specific components to fulfill one of our project requirements. Once this is done, the file is exported as a .jt file for use in Vis Mockup. Colors are being applied to the solid body, sheet body, and component in the NX Assembly. When I bring the .jt into Vis, all of the component colors have changed themselves. Is there a setting I'm missing? It has to be exported as a .jt file to carry the meta data into Vis Mockup. Or is this perhaps a setting that needs changing on the Vis side?

Thanks in advance.

 

[SDETERS]

You need to apply the color to the actual part not the Component. Also you can add shiny materials to the part these will also carry over to the JT files.

 

[kf8xo]

Each part was selected through the assembly navigator and set to work part. We are using Edit Object Display for this. Dialog was opened and part selected through the navigator. Color was selected and applied. When all parts were edited, top level asm was set back to work part and jt exported. Same result.

Yet when I info object, it tells me it is the color I want?


Information on object # 1

Name
Owning part
Comp member in part
Layer Layer 1
Type Component
Color 175 (Blue Blue Azure)
Font SOLID
Width Normal
Modified Version 23 Feb 2015 10:58
Created Version 05 Dec 2014 09:00
Actual Color 175 (Blue Blue Azure)
Component Reference Set Name PART

Is there another operator besides edit object display I should be using?

 

[rc0213]

I believe, SDETERS, is trying to say that you need to change the color in the "Displayed Part" mode. This way, your actual part changes the color. When you just do it as "Work Part", it just changes the color in the the component in the assembly, and NOT in the part file itself. So, SDETERS, is suggesting you might want to try changing the color of the part itself, and see if it "sticks" when you export a JT out of the assembly. I personally have had your problems in exporting UG files in different formats (STP, parasolid, etc.) and sometimes have the same problem of getting the colors to "stick". Good luck and see if SDETERS' suggestion works.

 

[SDETERS]

Did you assign the color to the faces or the solid body of the part? Try assigning the color to the faces of the part.

 

[kf8xo]

Yes we have been assigning the color to solid body, sheet body, component and fac with no luck.

 

[SDETERS]

So you have tried making the part the work part. Then setting your selection filter to faces then select your faces. Rght click go to edit display and choose your color. Now the color should show up when you export the JT file. Maybe What version of NX?

What color is coming in? Is it all one color? This works in JT2go. Opening this file up in Vismockup may be a different than JT2go. Have you tried opening the file in JT2go? What happens when you export out just an individual part? What color is the JT file comes in then?

Are you exporting the assembly as individual files or one JT file for the entire assembly.

GTAC maybe a good choice if this is not working for ya. Sorry.

Thanks

 

[SDETERS]

Oh One more thing make sure you do not have a material assigned through Visualize shape for photorealistic rendering. If you have a material assigned this may be what you are seeing also.

 

[rc0213]

It worked for me, by going into the components individually and changing the color in the components. When I opened it up in JT2Go, the colors were correct. The colors at Assembly level were different for this test, so this showed me that it does not matter what you do at assembly level, it is only at the component level where the color is affected in JT2Go.

So, in your assembly, highlight the component you want to change color, right mouse click and choose "Make Displayed Part". Then, click on "Edit", "Object Display", pick the solid body, hit "OK", click on "Color", change the color, save your part.

Do this for every component you want to change color. Then, when you create the JT and open it up in JT2Go, it will be the colors you designated.

 

[kf8xo]

I'm doing that now. But we use Vis Mock Up. So we will see if it works for that. I will update when I know more. Thanks for the input!

 

[kf8xo]

Well, making each part the displayed part and changing the color carried over to the jt...almost. Seems the alt rep files (installed cable ties) are not holding the color. So I'm two thirds of the way there. Further investigation of the file shows the parts that hold their color only appear in the assembly navigator. The parts losing their assigned color appear in the assembly navigator AND the part navigator. Could this have something to do with it?

 

[cowski]

What kind of parts/features are you using that show up in both the assembly navigator and the part navigator? Wave linked bodies? Promoted bodies? Deformable parts? Other?

What version of NX?

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[kf8xo]

Deformable parts and V9.