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Colors missing in Inventor LT

tmccar — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 10:53:41 GMT

Previously, when I changed the "Body Appearance" of a solid in Inventor LT the color changed to replect that. For instance , Olive Green or Turquoise would change to the relevant colors. Now it seems to be all shaed of grey that I have. How can I restore these colors?

Re: Colors missing in Inventor LT

SBix26 — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:04:46 GMT

Possibly a lighting issue? What lighting style is in use? Is it the same as previously used?

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2025.1 | Windows 11 Home 23H2

Re: Colors missing in Inventor LT

tmccar — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:31:48 GMT

How can I check that?

Re: Colors missing in Inventor LT

SBix26 — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 23:51:37 GMT

First question: what version of Inventor LT are you using? I believe the product has been discontinued, so you must be a few years back, anyway.

Easiest way to check what Lighting Style is active is to go to the View panel and see there which Lighting Style is selected. Try different ones to see if it makes a difference.

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2025.1 | Windows 11 Home 23H2

Re: Colors missing in Inventor LT

tmccar — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:36:25 GMT

Re: Colors missing in Inventor LT

SBix26 — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:42:44 GMT

I see you're using Inventor LT 2018 (which is far past being supported by Autodesk). You didn't add any comments to your image, so I have no idea whether it's now OK or if there is no change. What did you change?

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2025.1 | Windows 11 Home 23H2

Re: Colors missing in Inventor LT

James_Willo — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 06:47:34 GMT

This could just be an override somewhere, please attached your part file.

Re: Colors missing in Inventor LT

tmccar — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:07:37 GMT

Thanks for the assistance. I went ahead and uninstalled and reinstalled, and that fixed it.

I did notice this error message the first time I ran it - not sure if it's related to my previous issue:

Re: Colors missing in Inventor LT

SBix26 — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 20:36:46 GMT

Not related. It's saying that the default 3DA style (3D annotations) doesn't match between your chosen template and the style library. If you use 3D annotations, the library style will be used instead of the style defined in your template.

FWIW, I have the same message frequently (but not always) when starting new models. I haven't gone to the bother of getting the styles resolved since I rarely use 3DA, but it's not difficult-- just not very intuitive!

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2025.1 | Windows 11 Home 23H2