{"id":2742,"date":"2011-04-11T10:52:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T18:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2011-04-12T07:15:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T15:15:41","slug":"got-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2742","title":{"rendered":"GOT COLORS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ColorAssembly.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2744\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ColorAssembly.jpg?resize=292%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are trying to color your models to make them look real, this is probably not for you. But &#8211; If you just want colors &#8211; any colors \u2013 fast &#8211; this is for you.<\/p>\n<p>This <a title=\"Got Colors?\" href=\"http:\/\/sw.fcsuper.com\/index.php?name=UpDownload&amp;req=viewdownloaddetails&amp;lid=168\">SolidWorks macro<\/a> automates assigning colors to Parts and Sub-Assemblies from within an Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Colors can be assigned at two levels:<br \/>\n1) Part Level<br \/>\n2) Assembly Level<\/p>\n<p>There are two sources to generate various colors:<br \/>\n1) Random Color(s)<br \/>\n2) User Select Color(s)<\/p>\n<p>There are three MAKE &#8211; modes:<br \/>\n1) All Selected Components the Same Color<br \/>\n2) All Selected Components have Various Colors<br \/>\n3) Various Colors &#8211; Except, Consecutive and Identical Components have the same color<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are trying to color your models to make them look real, this is probably not for you. But &#8211; If you just want colors &#8211; any colors \u2013 fast &#8211; this is for you. This SolidWorks macro automates assigning colors to Parts and Sub-Assemblies from within an Assembly. Colors can be assigned at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2742\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;GOT COLORS?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[95,17],"tags":[1273,1274,1272],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-macros","category-model-assembly","tag-assembly","tag-automation","tag-colors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GOT COLORS? - SolidWorks Legion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2742\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GOT COLORS? - SolidWorks Legion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you are trying to color your models to make them look real, this is probably not for you. 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