help with a color change macro

[Anonymous]

hi everybody!

i am totally new to macros and have no idea where to start.

i would need a macro that if executed it changes the color of the selected part to "blue transparent".

any help appreciated.

thank you

Igor

[Anonymous]

yessssss works like a charm!

thank you very much.. i think i stressed you enough in these days..

regards

Igor

[Anonymous]

ouch.. talked to early.. works only for single parts inside an assembly but not for a whole assembly.. 😞 seems like this is not supported for assemblies. also it doesnt set it to default, but to the material's color. so if i cahnge material it doesnt update the color.

sorry to use up all your time guys. Edited by: sharkyenergy on Feb 3, 2009 3:02 PM

[Anonymous]

I've added a post to my blog that I hope will
help.  Let me know if there's something missing or not explained
clearly.

href="http://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/02/controlling-part-colors.html">http://modth...

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ouch..
talked to early.. works only for single parts inside an assembly but not for a
whole assembly.. 😞 seems like this is not supported for assemblies. also it
doesnt set it to default, but to the material's color. so if i cahnge material
it doesnt update the color. sorry to use up all your time guys. Edited by:
sharkyenergy on Feb 3, 2009 3:02 PM

[Anonymous]

thank you very much! this solved everything.. now everything is working as it should.. thank you very much! added your blog to the favorites

regards

sharky

[Anonymous]

Brian, I can get the code to work to change face color but I am having issues with the selection function. I have code posted in a different thread that explains my issue and contains the code I am using. Basically, the code runs without a hitch if I run from the VBA interface, but if I use a macro button on an Inventor toolbar it hangs/crashes. I haven't been able to resolve this issue and it is repeatable on all of my machines here. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. This tool would be a tremendous time saver for us vs. teh manual process of right-click>Properties>Choose color from list>repeat.

http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=6086890

Thanks,
Greg
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