topic Custom Appearance Styles Do Not Match Editor? in Inventor Forum

Custom Appearance Styles Do Not Match Editor?

Matthew_Policelli — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:22:45 GMT

I am trying to create a custom appearance for a material. However, I can get it to look just right in the appearance editor, but when I apply it to a part, it looks nothing like what I see in the appearance editor. This is both for a texture appearance, as well as one using an image with the brightness changed and the image inverted. In both cases, what the part shows as is the default texture colors or default image. Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?

As you can see, the part should be a light white/gray color with streaks, and yet it is almost black with no variations in color. No matter what I change the color in the texture editor to, it always shows up as that same dark color with no color variation. Same for any changes to the part size, the vein spacing and size, etc. Nothing changes the color.

Re: Custom Appearance Styles Do Not Match Editor?

Frederick_Law — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 14:54:38 GMT

Looks like the part is using this:

Re: Custom Appearance Styles Do Not Match Editor?

Matthew_Policelli — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:33:00 GMT

Yes, it is using "Default Stone" which is the name of the custom material I made (which is what is shown in the texture editor window)

Re: Custom Appearance Styles Do Not Match Editor?

kacper.suchomski — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:49:43 GMT

Why do we see the default material in the active material list?

I guess you didn't apply it to the part.

Re: Custom Appearance Styles Do Not Match Editor?

Frederick_Law — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:55:40 GMT

Textures on?

Re: Custom Appearance Styles Do Not Match Editor?

Matthew_Policelli — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:00:57 GMT

Textures are on. And I was not tying a color to a material, just doing a color override. Using the built in colors overrides and matches the color preview, but for some reason I can't get a custom color to match the preview. In fact, I can't get a speckle pattern to show up at all

Re: Custom Appearance Styles Do Not Match Editor?

kacper.suchomski — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:52:25 GMT

Can you share file?