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Discussion List

  • Drawing line colors to match model appearance

    Is there a way to make the drawing line colors to match the appearance colors in the part/assembly? In drawings with lots of details it would be nice to change the colors to differentiate the parts/features. I can change certain aspects of the view colors such as hidden lines, threads, bend colors in the Drawing Properties…

  • Is it possible to change colors of a callout?

    Hey I was just curious if it was possible to adjust the color of a single callout (or even better a single reference inserted from a table or BOM in call out) as opposed to adjusting the colors of ALL all outs? For instance would I be able to change the color of the reference that is populating "A25R" to a different color…

  • change colors

    Hi there. is there any way to change colors of parts of the model from inside the assemblies? what is the right way to change colors in the assembly? thank you!

  • Custom feature - Set RAL Color

    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…

  • Can I configurate the Color of only faces?

    I have ONE part with different colors on each face. Now I have the exact same part but in different colors. I know that I can configurate the color of the whole part. Is it possible to configure the color of just some faces? Config 1: Config 2:

  • Is it possible to make a part transparent, that has been (manually) assingned a color previously?

    Hi, I have a part studio with multiple parts where I set the appearance(color) manually. Now I'd like to change the transparency of some parts depending on certain conditions using a featureScript. I found out, the manually set colors cannot simply be changed, but is there some way other way to change some part's…

  • Export to parasolid or STEP does not keep colors

    When I am exporting assembly using parasolid and open the parasolid file in SW all the colors are gone. Can anyone help with that ?

  • Colors in Featurescript

    Hey Onshape people- I'm working on a project for competitive robotics and it would be pretty sweet if I could set the color of a part/extrude in featurescript. The standard documentation doesn't seem to have functionality for it and a quick search didn't turn up anything, but any help that you can provide would be much…