converting solids to surfaces

[TERRYH]

In 2022 if I open a new file and have it convert the solid to surfaces it keeps all the colors used in the part, however if I open a new part without converting it and keep it as a solid and then convert solid to surfaces manually it does not maintain the correct colors. If I select use current it will turn everything red, if I select use original it will turn everything to some random color this is very annoying since we use colors to dictate certain things we need to do. Is there some way around this?  

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Terry,

What type of file are you opening?  Can you attach it or email it to me?

Pete

Edited January 25, 2022 by Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.

[TERRYH]

the particular file I am working on is a large one, but the file types we use are parasolids 

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Colors can be problematic because the Parasolid body can have a color attribute (or maybe it doesn't - there's no requirement for it) and then the individual faces can have their own color attributes (or not). And I've seen files where all of the faces have the same color ... but its different from the Solid body color.

When the body comes in to Mastercam, there's a "Use System Color for imported solids" that comes in to play when importing as 'Solids' (but not when importing as 'Surfaces'. That's off by default though.

We do try to bring in the solid color as well as the face colors when importing (both as solids and as surfaces), and its my understanding that running 'Convert solid to surfaces' after you've imported the solid does the same ... but it's likely they perform differently ... that's why having a file to test your specific circumstance would help me determine what's going on.

And on top of all that, this might even be a known issue that has already been corrected in the Tech Preview versions of MC2023 ... and I can help determine that with a file.

If a file is too big to email, I can send you a link to our 'sharefile' site where you could upload something.

Pete

[TERRYH]

I have worked here for 26 years 11 being in the office programming and with every previous version of MC it has worked properly but 2022 not so much like several other things we've found and dealing with. in another post. I can send you the file if you use wetransfer 

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Sorry - no access to wetransfer here (IT tells us what we can and can't use).

If you use this link I'll take a look : https://mastercam.sharefile.com/r-ra0c4a2a0bece412aa426d6622a9ae62b

Pete

[TERRYH]

done 

 

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Got it ... thanks.

More later...

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Terry, 

See the attached doc. The only obvious issue I saw was the result of using the 'Solids to Surfaces' function with 'use original color' turned on.

I will spend some time looking at that case.

If you have any more details to provide that'd be great.

Pete

Terry XT File.pdf

[TERRYH]

Thanks I wish we could get a lot of other issues fixed and addressed that we have seen since switching to 2022 

 

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Keep throwing them at us and we'll do our best.