How to override a solid body color from an assembly

[sergio_duran]

Hi everyone,

I would like to know how to override a solid body color from an assembly using either VBA (API) or VB.NET (iLogic).

There is another thread in which the color of bodies from a multi-body part are changed, then I adjusted it to do the same from the assembly but it changes the original body color rather than override it in the assembly level. In my code, I'm checking occurrence by occurrence, filtering only parts with more than one body, and finally, changing the color of solid bodies. It works well, but it changes the original color of every body.

Here is the thread 

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-customization/how-do-i-change-the-color-of-a-solid-in-a-multi...

iLogic has this snippet (please see below) to override a component color in the assembly level but the original color will remain the same.

SyntaxEditor Code Snippet

Component.Color("PartA:1")

I'd like to do something similar for solid bodies

Thanks in advance!

[petestrycharske]

serduro,

Good morning!  I haven't tried to run this for a little while, but here is a code snippet that I have used as a basis for a similar task in the past.  Let me know if you have any questions, hope all is well and have a most blessed day!

doc = ThisDoc.Document
oDef = doc.ComponentDefinition

'assume there are two appearances in the documents
oGold_Color = doc.Assets("Gold - Metal")
oStones_Color = doc.Assets("Small Uneven Rectanguler Stones - Brown")

'if change all bodies with same color

' in some cases, we need to declare the variable explictly
Dim oSB As SurfaceBody
For Each oSB In oDef.SurfaceBodies
    oSB.Appearance = oGold_Color
Next

' if change specific body to specific color
Dim oSB1 As SurfaceBody
oSB1 = oDef.SurfaceBodies(1)
oSB1.Appearance = oGold_Color

Dim oSB2 As SurfaceBody
oSB2 = oDef.SurfaceBodies(2)
oSB2.Appearance = oStones_Color

Peace,
Pete

[sergio_duran]

Sorry, this is the wrong discussion group because the post is about Inventor customization

[sergio_duran]

Thanks! I'll check your code

[sergio_duran]

thanks Pete, but it didn't work!