Colour and Material (3-D)

Material

3-D Standard > Tools > Attr. > Properties in all views > Material

You use this function to assign a material to the active part.

Select the desired material.
If you also want the material to apply to the sub-parts of the active part, activate the Include subordinate option.
Click OK to exit the window.

To undo this assignment again, right-click the part in the ICN and choose Material > Delete.

Please note:

It makes sense to deactivate the Include subordinate option, for example, if an assembly consists of different materials and you want to assign a different material to a part higher up in the structure than to the subordinate parts.

The edge colour and surface colour of 3-D parts can be linked to the material catalogue colours. In this case you can determine the edge colour and surface colour of a part automatically by the values specified in the columns COLOR (surface) and COLK (edges).In order to activate this setting, you need to set the parameter Surface colour from catalogue in the system file KNTPAR.DATto 1 . Once you have assigned a material to a part, the relevant colours of the material catalogue will be used automatically.

The edge colour applies to the wireframe model!

3-D Standard > Tools > Attr. > Properties in all views > Surface colour

You use this function to change the shading colour of the active part or the current part list.

Select the colour you want. The list of colours displayed for selection depends on the material file that was last loaded.
If you want the colour to apply also to the sub-parts of the active part, activate the Include subordinate option.
Click OK to exit the window.

Please note:

You can also change the default setting for the surface colour in the Surface, Line, Edge Parameters bar. This surface colour is then assigned to subsequently created parts.
In HiCAD, a colour code is assigned to each surface. Therefore it is possible to assign different colours to specific surfaces of a part. The colour assignment for surface can be made:
via the Surface/Line/Edge parameters menu. The colour selected here will be the default setting for subsequently created surfaces.
via 3-D Standard > Tools > Surface functions > Surfaces, Further....

The surface colour of a part is determined by the material assigned to the part, depending on the settings in the system file KNTPAR.DAT.

If you want to apply the colour to the active view only, select the Change surface colour, only in active view function.

3-D Standard > Tools > Attr. > Properties in all views > Edge colour

You use this function to change the edge colour of the active part. Select the desired colour from the displayed list.

Notes:

You can also change the default setting for the edge colour in the Surface, Line, Edge Parameters bar. This edge colour is then assigned to subsequently created parts.
The edge colour does not apply to the shaded display.
The surface colour of a part is determined by the material assigned to the part, depending on the settings in the system file KNTPAR.DAT.

If you want to apply the colour to the active view only, select the Change edge colour, only in active view function.