Part individual feature colors

[tkop]

Hi,

I have just started learning ProE and would like to know if there is any way to have ProE automatically color new features instead of having them all with the same color?

What I mean is, if I extrude a block and then I extrude a pin on top of the block, is there a way to make ProE assign different colors to each extruded features automatically?

Thanks in advance for any help!

tkop

 

[Cadbhoy]

I'm afraid not.

 

[Guest0527211403]

You can colour surfaces based on features, but unfortunately, there is no command to have it automatically colour every new feature for you.

(Using WF+)

Under View->Color and Appearance, you should coose "Surfaces" in the drop down box under "Assignment". It will automatically turn on the selector for surfaces now.

Put the mouse over the feature you want to colour, and hold down the right mouse button for a second or so. The context menu will pop up, and you will have an option to "Pick from List", select that.

In the upper right hand side of the screen you will have a box that lists a series of references. Select the first one that begins with "IntentSrf:".

This means you are selecting Intent Surfaces for that feature, and will select the surfaces created by the feature (NB: For extruded surfaces, it will NOT choose the surfaces parallel to the sketching plane, this is because Intent Surfaces are useful for selecting surfaces for drafts, and that means that the parallel surfaces should not be selected with them). To select multiple sets of intent surfaces, hold down control and repeat the process.

You can create a mapkey that does most of this for you. (Tools->Mapkeys). Here's the sequence I used:

1.(Top Menu) View-->Color and Appearance
2.(Drop Down) Surfaces
3.(Filter) Intent Surfaces *

*- The filter is the menu at the lower right hand side of the screen

Executing this mapkey will take care of all of the menu picks for you, all you need to do now is choose the feature, choose the colour, and press apply.

 

[tkop]

Thank you very much for the information and detailed explanation on how to do it!!!