Part Configuration-I want separate colors for each configuration "use configuration specific co

[borsht]

I have a part that has three configurations. They all look similar so I want to color code them when I insert them into the assembly. I've found that when I have the part file open, and right click config #1, I select properties, and there is an "Advanced Option" with a checkbox labeled "Use configuration specific color". I check the box, and pick the color, red, hit OK and then the green check mark under "Configuration Properties", and then my base color for the part turns red. Then I click the other configurations and they have turned red as well. I repeat the steps above with the other configurations with a different color and all of the configurations turn the different color. Am I confused as to what the "Use configuration specific color" function is, or does it just not work?

SW2017,SP3 HP Z400 Workstation
Intel xeon w3580@3.33GHz,Win7 PRO 64bit
Quatro FX1800

 

[CheckerHater]

Yes, could be both, not working properly and confusing.

Try to create Design table and enter color directly into it (you have to know what number corresponds to what color though).

"For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert"
Arthur C. Clarke Profiles of the future

 

[borsht]

That sounded like the fix, but I tried it, and although I dont know the color vs numbering scheme, I put different numbers in each of the configurations, and it ended up with the same color on all three. Any other ideas?

SW2017,SP5
Windows10
NVIDIA Quadro P4000
SW user since 2001

 

[CheckerHater]

Make sure "Use configuration specific color" is checked in every configuration

"For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert"
Arthur C. Clarke Profiles of the future

 

[borsht]

Yes I checked all three configurations and they all had the checkbox filled with a check mark.

SW2017,SP5
Windows10
NVIDIA Quadro P4000
SW user since 2001

 

[berkshire]

This is the one thing you are trying to avoid.
Do a save as, change the part number such as part 123A then 123B, and so on. Then go back and edit the part color for each part. Now when you do your assembly, use the exchange part function to put in the configuration you want by part number.
B.E.
I know , you should not have to do that.

You are judged not by what you know, but by what you can do.

 

[SBaugh]

Have you tried using display states?

Scott Baugh, CSWP
CAD Systems Manager
Evapar

http://www.evapar.com

"If it's not broke, Don't fix it!"

faq731-376

 

[Sparweb]

Derive part -1a from part -1. The process would be similar if you want to create a left-handed part from a right-hand one, with active relationship preserved. Change the color of part -1a to what you want.
Every time you change a feature on -1, the change will update to -1a, and -1a will remain the special color.

No one believes the theory except the one who developed it. Everyone believes the experiment except the one who ran it.
STF

 

[SBaugh]

So I tried this and I am not having any issue. Are you changing the color when you edit the configuration? See the attached SW2018 example.

Scott Baugh, CSWP
CAD Systems Manager
Evapar

http://www.evapar.com

"If it's not broke, Don't fix it!"

faq731-376