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Custom feature - Set RAL Color

brooke_spreen
brooke_spreen Member, Developers Posts: 115 ✭✭✭
in FeatureScript
Hi folks, I've put together a quick feature for setting colors based on standard RAL values -



Bodies and faces are selected separately. Checking the "Override faces" box will ensure that all faces of the body, including those where a color has been previously applied, will be changed to the selected color.

The document (link) should be public/sharable/copyable/etc.

Happy scripting :)


Design Engineer | Anerdgy AG
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  • eric_pesty
    eric_pesty Member, pcbaevp Posts: 2,935 PRO
    edited August 2022
    Really cool!

    Hope you don't mind, I ended up "borrowing" a bunch of your code to add these to a "company colors" feature I created a while back.

    I really like how I am 100% not a programmer and I only very vaguely understand what I'm doing but because Featurescript is simple enough I was able to figure what I needed to copy (and where to paste it) to get it to integrate with what I already had (my feature starts with a drop down of "types" of colors).

    The most amazing part is that it took me about 5min and it worked perfectly on the first try after hitting commit!

    BOOM!


  • EvanReese
    EvanReese Member, Mentor Posts: 3,093 PRO
    @eric_pesty
    Boom indeed!

    @brooke_spreen
    Thanks for sharing this! I've not worked with RAL colors before, but if I do, I may end up adding it to my Part Color feature as well. If so I'll definitely credit you in the code.
    Evan Reese
    The Onsherpa | Reach peak Onshape productivity
    www.theonsherpa.com
  • MichaelPascoe
    MichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,959 PRO
    Awesome, thanks for sharing!

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  • antlu65
    antlu65 Member Posts: 61 EDU
    Thumbs up! Also noticed the name of your company 'Anerdgy'.  =)
    Maybe that means something in another language.
  • brooke_spreen
    brooke_spreen Member, Developers Posts: 115 ✭✭✭
    @eric_pesty Got to love those 'aha' moments!
    @Evan_Reese It might be that it is primarily a European system. It is at least maintained by a German organization. But the Chinese manufacturers we have worked with recognize it.
    @antlu65 Not quite another language....the name is just a play on "energy" :)
    Design Engineer | Anerdgy AG
  • S1mon
    S1mon Member Posts: 4,615 PRO

    This is an older thread, but I was hoping that someone has an updated custom color feature which handles other palettes in the RAL range, like the RAL design hues.

    With help from ChatGPT and the WikiPedia page, it wouldn't be hard to do this myself, but I wanted to avoid creating yet another custom feature for color.

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