how to configure color of part in assembly

mike_gibson022

Is it possible to have two instances of the same part with different colors in an assembly?

john_mcclary

They will allow you to have 1 unique color per configurable permutation.

The easiest way I find is to open the bom in an assembly, add the appearance column and set it there. It's a little more intuitive than doing it in the in the part studio

john_mcclary

Yes, you will need to add the appearance property in the config pannel

mike_gibson022

Thanks for the answer John, but I was able to get that far earlier.  That just seems to allow me to set the part color to only one color - all parts are colored the same.  I want two different colors on two different instances of the same part in an assembly.  In the assembly, I cant find anything that allows me to do this.

john_mcclary

They will allow you to have 1 unique color per configurable permutation.

The easiest way I find is to open the bom in an assembly, add the appearance column and set it there. It's a little more intuitive than doing it in the in the part studio

john_mcclary

After reading this again I notice you only say instace of a part.

Instances of the same part cannot have unique metadata.

If you have at least 1 configuration parameter, then each configuration is concidered a unique part. Then you can change the metadata for that part (config)

For instace, add a checkbox config and call it transparent.

Insert your part twice. Change the second instance to be checked.

In the bom, add the appearance column and change the value of one of them to be transparent.

mike_gibson022

Thanks John.  The BOM column did the trick.