Solidworks colors

[Davez]

Is there any settings in Mcam to bring in the colors from solidworks? I guess solidworks can have different colors on different faces of a solid, but it looks like they get lost bringing them in to Mcam. If it is possible to retain the colors I would love to know how, and if it isn't could you Product development guys toss that in to X. Thanks alot

Dave

[Allan]

Try creating surfaces from the solid, the coloured faces should show up then.

 

HTH

 

Allan

[Davez]

I already do that, and it works well. The problem I am having is that a customer of ours would like to color code certain faces of a solid to depict which areas are functional without having to make a formal drawing or going thru a lengty phone conversation. He can do this in solidworks, but I am not able to bring it in to Mcam, and my boss is too cheap to buy me a seat of solidworks just for color coding. Thanks for the reply though Allen.

[ProductDevelopmentGuy]

Sorry - there's currently no way to color different faces of a solid in different colors.

It's on the list for Version "X" though.

 

PDG

[Davez]

great, You guys are the best, Thanks to all for the Replys. Looking forward to x

 

Thanks

Dave