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Change surface color/ texture of imported parts in Autodesk Inventor

By Dan Reed on 23 Apr 20:41 3 answers 2047 views 3 comments

I downloaded some valves from 3D Content Central. They are all colors clear/ transparent. I would like to know if there is a technique to add solid colors to the part once imported? I am attaching one valve to this question in .IGES as I downloaded it.

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Ferguson-420D-DEFAULT.IGS, 20.5 MB
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3 answers

  • William
    William about 1 year ago

    This is a surface model

    1. Step 1

      Right click on the
      Srf1
      then untick translucent
      :)

      Medium

    2. Step 2

      After you have done that
      right click on the face that you want to chance colour and go down to properties and from there you can pick you colour
      :)

      I hope this helps a little
      :)

  • Nuno Felix
    Nuno Felix about 1 year ago

    The other thing you can also do, is thicken the surface, if it is just surfaces.

  • Joseph Neily
    Joseph Neily about 1 year ago

    I frequently run into models, especially *.iges models, with all-surface geometry. I try to specify *.step rather then *. iges whenever possible for this reason. Most of the time, if you import a file and it comes in as a surface body, it means that modeling errors are present. Models should ideally be all solid geometry, with the exception of Cable and Harness wires and segments, which are by definition surface objects.

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