FACE COLORS- GET RID OF THEM/HAVE PART THE SAME COLOR 1

[borsht]

I have a part that was imported with each face seperatly colored. Each face is colored gray, and I want to change the color of the whole part. I open the part file, click on the name of it, then click on the color button, and part in the drop down selction is grayed out-unselectable. Then when I select a face of the part, and hit color, the face is changeable. I've tried to put the face filter on and windowed the part, which takes a while to select all faces that are visible to the particular view I'm looking at, and remove the color. That works, but the faces that are not visible from that view dont get color removal. I've done the same thing by using each standard view angle,and get most of the faces, but not all still.

Their's got to be an easier way-please send help.

 

[davidinindy]

I'verun into the same problem. I've tried many things, unsuccessfully.

 

[rockguy]

I have a macro that will delete face colors. Give me an e-mail address and I'll send it.

 

[SBaugh]

FYI - I have turned this into SW and I'm awaiting a reply. This only seems to happen on imported files. What CAD are these files coming from?

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[TheTick]

I have an .exe that is part of a "Make Addin from VB .exe" tutorial I am writing.

The project is posted at <

http://www.esoxrepublic.com/models>

filename: "MakeAddinFromExeVB.zip"

In the zip file is an .exe named "ScrubFaces.exe". There is also an addin version named "ScrubFaces.dll"

"When everyone is thinking alike, no one is thinking very much." --Eckhard Schwarz (1930--2004)

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[davidinindy]

Scott, Mine is happening to a file I created in SW...
I have played with the photoworks a lot on this file, which may have something to do with it.

 

[SBaugh]

Changing colors in a part file is honestly dangerous if you don't change it per Solid body. Changing via faces, or features, etc... is dangerous if your paying close attention. The other problem is when someone else opens up the same file. Those colors become instanly confusing. I get a lot of calls from users on colors, but it turns out they just either didn't know how to get them back, or they were completely confused because they were not paying attention. Then there this issue I turned in... this is most likely goign to be a bug, but I have been proven wrong before.

Photoworks might have cuase you some problems, but I can't
think how or why it would.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[rockguy]

There is a PhotoWorks setting that will change the colors of your models. Under PhotoWorks/Options/Overwrite SolidWorks Properties. If this setting is checked The color assigned in PW will overwrite the SW color defined in the part.

 

[davidinindy]

rockguy...
That setting is not checked... I tried to mess with those settings, to no avail.
Scott...
I sent you a copy of the part at your scottjbaugh site...
Maybe you'll see what is wrong? I need to fix this before I submit it to our customer.
Thanks everyone.