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Object Outlines of different color then the object

mohsin_160 — Fri, 05 May 2017 08:02:07 GMT

Hello,

I need a solution for;

Consider a 3D Box and the layer color is Blue. I need to have the outline of the same Box in yellow. Is there any solution for it to have an object with 02 different colors in a single layer?

Regards

Re: Object Outlines of different color then the object

Alfred.NESWADBA — Fri, 05 May 2017 08:13:47 GMT

Hi,

>> I need to have the outline of the same Box in yellow. Is there any solution

>> for it to have an object with 02 different colors in a single layer?

You can use <CTRL><Click_onto_the_edge> to get edges of the box selected and - using property window - assign a different color.

But be warned, you are creating a structure which is not easy to handle, e.g. selecting all yellow edges and change them to green is far away from a 2-click job (compared to changing layer colors and so get the objects to the new color setting).

If you can describe what your plan is, maybe we can find a better solution or workaround for the job!

- alfred -

Re: Object Outlines of different color then the object

GrantsPirate — Fri, 05 May 2017 14:34:40 GMT

Are you talking about while the 3D box is in a shaded visual style, like Realistic, etc? And would this be per object or just for everything in the model, or...?

Re: Object Outlines of different color then the object

mohsin_160 — Sat, 06 May 2017 05:57:16 GMT

Hello,

Actually I am trying to make something like this...

Regards

Re: Object Outlines of different color then the object

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sat, 06 May 2017 07:10:00 GMT

Hi,

>> Actually I am trying to make something like this...

Well, have you tried my suggestion?

From what I understand you can do what you are looking for... Does it work for you?

To the alternative:

It depends on how you proceed. If you need a rendering of that object then I would not know how you get edges rendered differently without using tricks (like a 3D-construction of the edges like small cylinders ... or using other products like 3DS-Max which can do that in the material/shader definitions).

If you can live with just modifying a style and all objects can have the same edge color you might change the visual style, that can be used on display and for plotting.

- alfred -

Re: Object Outlines of different color then the object

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sat, 06 May 2017 07:13:51 GMT

Hi again,

additional setting: changing visual style to show edges, color set to "byLayer", assign the object a material (in my case "LED red off") and set the geometry objects on different layers (and so different layer colors).

That's the result:

- alfred -