I have an ipart I'd like to create w/ surfaces. The surface color is important because we use that as plate thickness ID in FEA. When I color a surface blue, then another red I continually get the default color when using the mirror or array command. We're creating a customizeable ipart where there will be some intelligence surrounding how big the array (we may need 3, 4, or 5 beams based on the unit size). I need a way that the colors on the surface propogate to the new surfaces created by the commands.
You are correct, we do not support this currently. It is certainly a known limitation that we have not implemented yet.
Can you search for this on Idea Station or create a new idea if one is not already there? Please give your example of how you would use it and what your expectations are.
We use Idea Station to gather a broad customer opinion and to prioritize our efforts in these smaller project areas.
Sorry for the limitation.
Looks like this was the created idea, however, it has been archived:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/keep-color-of-surface-using-array-mirror/idi-p/4597507
I'm on 2019 and still wishing this functionality worked.