Stl color change from powershape to powermill !!

[psx2]

Hi,
I've an stl in powershape and when i export this in Pm (i use powermill icon in powershape toolbar ) the stl color change in green !!!
Why do not keep the original color ???

[jitendra.chaudhari]

Hi @psx2,

Thank you for contacting Autodesk Community Forum..

Can you please share the relevant  STL model so that we can test it at our end? 

Please confirm the versions of Autodesk PowerShape and PowerMill that currently you are using at your end? The latest versions are  as- 

Autodesk PowerShape - 2018 R2 (2018.1.1.18121)

Autodesk PowerMill - 2018 (2018.1.2.1212155)

If the supplied data is confidential then fell free to supply data suing private massage on Autodesk Forums or directly mail me data at [email protected]

Please verify and confirm. 

Thank you for your time and Co-operation, 

[5axes]

STL is a very Basic format. It just define triangles and no layer or color informations are present in the file. So the color is necessarily a default color. If you want to transfer triangles model from powershape to pmill with their attributes use an other format l'une Dgk or dmt

[5axes]

Oup's sorry i haven't read completely your post. As your are using the direct transfer solution, it's not an issue with the stl format. Don't take care of my answer 😉

[psx2]

thanks to all !!

see please Video

my version of pm is Version: 2018.1.2.1212155

ps is Versione: 2018.1.1.18121

thanks

[ewshp]

This is "normal" behavior.

Meshes don't carry color information when sent to PowerMILL, so what you see is a default color.

In the past i have asked about the possibility for the color associated to a mesh to be sent to PowerMILL but i was told it was impossible due to some kind of legacy code.

Somehow it would be useful to have this functionnality (that already works on surfaces) to be able to select mesh by color in macro and automate things a bit more

[psx2]

Somehow it would be useful to have this functionnality (that already works on surfaces) to be able to select mesh by color in macro and automate things a bit more

yessssss 

[ewshp]

Unfortunately it seems we can not longer submit ideas for PowerMILL / PowerSHAPE (these sections no longer appear in the idea list)

@jitendra.chaudhari : How can we forward this to the proper team ?

[5axes]

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@ewshp wrote:

This is "normal" behavior.

Meshes don't carry color information when sent to PowerMILL, so what you see is a default color.

In the past i have asked about the possibility for the color associated to a mesh to be sent to PowerMILL but i was told it was impossible due to some kind of legacy code.

Somehow it would be useful to have this functionnality (that already works on surfaces) to be able to select mesh by color in macro and automate things a bit more

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It's much more an issue of PowerShape and an answer made by lazy peoples. If you export and import a dgk or dmt file made in PMILL, color is transfer by these formats. The same files made in PowerShape the color is not "transfered". But a color is define because the color of the element load as ddz or dmt is different. So it's absolutly possible to transfer this information via these format.   

[psx2]

sorry but i don't undestand you !!

It's possible or not ?

it's possible but autodesk it's lazy  !??!?!?!?!

[jonathan.artiss]

@ewshp

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@ewshp wrote:

Unfortunately it seems we can not longer submit ideas for PowerMILL / PowerSHAPE (these sections no longer appear in the idea list)

@jitendra.chaudhari : How can we forward this to the proper team ?

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You can still submit "Ideas" these are sent through to development we are contacted through the Autodesk cases. If you submit a case asking for functionality we will send it to development as a "change request" 

Cheers,

[psx2]

Sorry but
it's possible to change the default color of stl from green to withe ??
Thanks

[5axes]

In PowerMill you can export the color not with PowerShape.  So as you are exporting the data from PowerShape for me it's not possible. But as it is a PowerShape issue, post your request in the PowerShape Forum.

[psx2]

ok thanks !!!