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[[Image:Std_SetColors-dialog.png|frame|The FaceColors dialog|left]]


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To color faces
To color faces:
# Right-click on an item in the tree view. If the items supports the ''FaceColors'' feature, there is a context menu entry '''Set colors...''' and you can click on it.
# Right-click on an item in the tree view. If the items supports the ''FaceColors'' feature, there is a context menu entry '''Set colors...''' and you can click on it.
# To select face(s):
# To select face(s):
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To reset all face colors
To reset all face colors:
# Click {{Button|Set to default}}. This sets the colors of all faces of the part to the default color. The button works instantly, i.e. you can not revert this with the {{Button|Cancel}} button.
# Click {{Button|Set to default}}. This sets the colors of all faces of the part to the default color. The button works instantly, i.e. you can not revert this with the {{Button|Cancel}} button.

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Revision as of 17:51, 21 March 2021


Part FaceColors

Menu location
Contextual menu → Set colors
Workbenches
Part, PartDesign
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
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See also
Std Appearance

Description

The FaceColors feature allows you to define a color for each face or surface of an object. This way you can assign multiple colors to one part. To color whole parts, use instead is the feature SetAppearance.

Usage

To color faces:

  1. Right-click on an item in the tree view. If the items supports the FaceColors feature, there is a context menu entry Set colors... and you can click on it.
  2. To select face(s):
    1. For a single face simply click on it, then select in the dialog its color
    2. To select multiple faces, either keep Ctrl pressed and click on several faces.
      Or click in the dialog on the button Box selection. Then you can drag with the mouse a selection rectangle in the model. Every face that is partly in the selection rectangle will be selected.
  3. Choose in the dialog a color for the selected faces.
  4. Click OK to close the dialog an accept the changes you made.

To reset all face colors:

  1. Click Set to default. This sets the colors of all faces of the part to the default color. The button works instantly, i.e. you can not revert this with the Cancel button.

The FaceColors dialog