Colour and Material (3-D)


Material

3-D Standard > Tools > Attr. > Material

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

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

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

Please note:

The edge colour applies to the Glass model representation!


Surface colour

3-D Standard > Tools > Attr. > Surface colour

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

  1. Select the colour you want. Preset will the colour of the active part or, in a part list, the colour of the part for which the function was called. The list of colours displayed for selection depends on the material file that was last loaded.
  2. If you want the colour to apply also to the sub-parts of the active part, activate the Include subordinate option.
  3. Click OK to exit the window.

Please note:

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


Edge colour

3-D Standard > Tools > Attr. > Edge colour

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

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

If you want to change the edge colour of all parts of a part list, select the corresponding parts in the ICN or in the drawing, right-click the selection and choose Edge colour in the context menu.

 

Please note:


Line type

3-D Standard > Tools > Attr. > Properties - In all views, Line type

3-D Standard > Tools > Attr. > Properties - Active view only, Line type

Use this function to assign a line type to 3-D parts. In this way, you can, for instance, display the contour edges of neighbouring parts by dash-dotted lines, as is quite common according to certain standards.

 

Please note:

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