Setting the color of a sketchedSymbol

[bsee1]

Why does a sketched symbol have a SetColor function even though it doesn't do anything?

For example, this is "legal" code, but it won't do anything.

oSymbol.Color.SetColor(255,0,0);

 On the other hand, this is the proper method to set the color of a sketched symbol (I could not find this anywhere in the api)

oSymbol.Color = _mInventorApplication.TransientObjects.CreateColor(255, 0, 0);

Is this an error, or is there a reason for this that I don't see?  Intellisense seems to suggest that the setcolor function should be valid.

[Anonymous]

You first should remove the Color ByLayer check with this before changing the color.

oSymbol.Color.ColorSourceType = kOverrideColorSource

And be sure to use this statement:

oSymbol.Color = _mInventorApplication.TransientObjects.CreateColor(255, 0, 0)

[ekinsb · Accepted solution]

I created a blog post that hopefully answers your question.

http://adndevblog.typepad.com/manufacturing/2013/12/how-to-set-the-color-of-a-sketched-symbol.html

[bsee1]

Thank you, that blog post answers everything I was looking for.  For anyone else that finds this post, this pdf from AU 2008 gives an in depth explanation of Inventor geometry: http://modthemachine.typepad.com/files/mathgeometry.pdf