Hi, I still can't find out how to replace appearance that's attached to multiple bodies, surfaces... etc
Assuming I want to replace circular pattern with sandblasted as on the picture, how can I do that? Do I need to add new appearance individually to each object or is there some trick to change appearance with another?
Hi Damir,
With the Appearance Selection tool on, you should be able to select the appearances that you with to change on the model (using Ctrl to multi select), then double click an appearance from the Library tab.
Note, this does not work when you double click on an appearance in the appearance tab.
The other method would be to use the Shift + LMB to copy and Shift + RMB to paste the appearances.
Hopefully that will do the trick!
Richard
Thanks a lot! This actually works.
so you basically have to double click in the library... would be nice if you could use existing appearances for that assuming you tweaked them a bit.
Glad that worked!
I guess the only other way would be to save them out into the library and then apply. I normally do this whenever I have cracked a good appearance!
Hi Ron that's a good summary i think the majority of cases I come across are where you want to substitute an appearance applied in SOLIDWORKS for a higher quality or custom appearance created in Visualize so any improvements to the workflow for this would be great especially with the newly created appearances in Viz 2018 that match the corresponding ones in SOLIDWORKS. looking forward to 2019 beta already sure there will be plenty of nice surprises from the Viz team.
You can sort of do this now with the Auto Paint feature if you want to take the time to set it up and getting working correctly. Its not perfect and I wouldn't try and do the entire SW appearance library but if a person wanted to set up their top 10-20 most used materials it should work reasonably well.
Thanks for reminding me rob i meant to watch the stuff from SWW, as you say a feature that hasn't recieved much attention, really needed this content to promote it's use. i'll have a play when I next have some spare time
Alan
This is also a helpful trick to re-assign existing appearances: copy the new appearance you want to apply, then right click on the existing appearance, go to edit then "assign appearance: ...." . The example below shows how to change all the blue parts to Satin Finish Stainless Steel in just a few clicks. No need to go one by one. Hope this helps!
Hi Damir,
With the Appearance Selection tool on, you should be able to select the appearances that you with to change on the model (using Ctrl to multi select), then double click an appearance from the Library tab.
Note, this does not work when you double click on an appearance in the appearance tab.
The other method would be to use the Shift + LMB to copy and Shift + RMB to paste the appearances.
Hopefully that will do the trick!
Richard