Color and AppearanceColor and Appearance

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Basic Color 101…Basic Color 101…

After you have finished After you have finished making a part you may making a part you may want to modify it’s want to modify it’s color for many various color for many various reasons.reasons.

To do so simply click To do so simply click on “color and on “color and appearance” located in appearance” located in the the View MenuView Menu of Pro of Pro Engineer.Engineer.

Basic Colors 101…Basic Colors 101…

On Pro E you can modify On Pro E you can modify colors on individual colors on individual surfaces or the entire part surfaces or the entire part depending on your desired depending on your desired appearance.appearance.

Under Under AssignmentsAssignments choose choose PartPart to modify the to modify the entire part and surfaces if entire part and surfaces if you only want to change you only want to change one or two surfaces.one or two surfaces.

Basic Colors 101…Basic Colors 101…

Because the default Because the default appearance can not be appearance can not be modified you will need to modified you will need to either make a new either make a new appearance or click on a pre-appearance or click on a pre-existing one.existing one.

To make a new appearance To make a new appearance click the click the Plus SignPlus Sign to the to the right of the appearances.right of the appearances.

After you have an After you have an appearance that you can appearance that you can work with, click on apply so work with, click on apply so that the part will reflect the that the part will reflect the appearance.appearance.

Basic Colors 101…Basic Colors 101…

Now that you have applied Now that you have applied an appearance to your part an appearance to your part you can choose it’s color.you can choose it’s color.

To change the color of To change the color of individual surfaces you can individual surfaces you can click on any surface or click on any surface or hold control while clicking hold control while clicking on multiple surfaces to on multiple surfaces to change the colors of more change the colors of more than one surface at a time.than one surface at a time.

Basic Colors 101…Basic Colors 101…

After you have made After you have made your selection click on your selection click on the the Color TabColor Tab in the in the properties sub-window.properties sub-window.

This will open up the This will open up the color editor where you color editor where you can pick the color of can pick the color of your surfaces using your surfaces using the color wheel or the the color wheel or the blending palette.blending palette.

Basic Colors 101…Basic Colors 101…

In the color wheel simply In the color wheel simply click on your desired color click on your desired color and then adjust the and then adjust the contrast directly beneath contrast directly beneath the wheel on the contrast the wheel on the contrast bar.bar.

You can also use the You can also use the rgb/hsv slider to change rgb/hsv slider to change the color of the the color of the appearance by adjusting appearance by adjusting the individual sliders.the individual sliders.

Basic Colors 101…Basic Colors 101…

In the blending palette In the blending palette click on one of the four click on one of the four little squares surrounding little squares surrounding the palette, and then the palette, and then choose a color for it on the choose a color for it on the wheel. Once you have wheel. Once you have chosen the four colors you chosen the four colors you want to blend, you can want to blend, you can click the color you want click the color you want from the palette.from the palette.

Basic Colors 101…Basic Colors 101…

Now that you know the Now that you know the basics you can basics you can experiment with your experiment with your parts to put some life parts to put some life them.them.

In the next lesson we In the next lesson we will go into more depth will go into more depth with what you can do with what you can do with the color and with the color and appearance editor.appearance editor.

Mapping 101…Mapping 101…

To start with the mapping To start with the mapping you first have to place you first have to place a color in the object a color in the object that you will be that you will be copying. To do that all copying. To do that all you have to do is color you have to do is color the object like we did the object like we did in the last film. in the last film.

To use the map tool To use the map tool you will first have to you will first have to have something in the have something in the list so that you can put list so that you can put something in the object something in the object and I will show you and I will show you how to place pictures how to place pictures in the in the bump, in the in the bump, color texture and color texture and decal. decal.

We will also be placing We will also be placing a new texture in the list a new texture in the list by taking it from a by taking it from a different list. This is so different list. This is so that you can have that you can have more to choose from. more to choose from. And later we will also And later we will also show you how to take show you how to take pictures off the web pictures off the web that you can use as that you can use as well.well.

The other things that we The other things that we will do is to show you the will do is to show you the difference in the Bump, difference in the Bump, Color texture and Decal Color texture and Decal maps. The Bump will show maps. The Bump will show you a 3-D shadow and the you a 3-D shadow and the Color texture will show you Color texture will show you a color 3-D picture where a color 3-D picture where the decal will only give you the decal will only give you a 2-D print.a 2-D print.

We will also show you We will also show you how to move the how to move the picture on the X and Y picture on the X and Y axis by using the tool axis by using the tool in the positioning page in the positioning page called copies and the called copies and the positioning tool itself positioning tool itself as well as the flipping as well as the flipping tool.tool.

Advanced Section 101Advanced Section 101

We are going to go over We are going to go over the advanced section the advanced section of the appearance of the appearance editor and teach you editor and teach you how to use the how to use the reflection, reflection, transparency and transparency and refraction tools.refraction tools.

The reflecting tool will The reflecting tool will show you how much show you how much light will reflect off the light will reflect off the surface of the object surface of the object and how it can be and how it can be controlled.controlled.

In the transparency In the transparency tool it does what the tool it does what the name means. It will name means. It will make the object make the object invisible or slightly invisible or slightly invisible.invisible.

When using the When using the refraction tool on a part refraction tool on a part it will change the look it will change the look of the part that is being of the part that is being seen though the part seen though the part that has the refraction that has the refraction on it.on it.

Importing pictures 101…Importing pictures 101…

What we will be doing What we will be doing in this section is to in this section is to import external files import external files from the web and from the web and saving them and saving them and putting them on a part.putting them on a part.

Once the picture you Once the picture you want is located you will want is located you will need to save it in a need to save it in a place that you will be place that you will be able to find in Pro-able to find in Pro-engineerengineer

It is very important that It is very important that you save it as (jpg) on you save it as (jpg) on the file extension. You the file extension. You can change it by going can change it by going to the working to the working directory and changing directory and changing it there.it there.

After getting the After getting the picture that you picture that you wanted you will need wanted you will need to open up Pro-to open up Pro-engineer. Then go to engineer. Then go to map in appearance map in appearance placement and open placement and open the texture box. Then the texture box. Then open up the file that open up the file that you saved.you saved.

Once you have the Once you have the picture in the texture picture in the texture box then you can apply box then you can apply it to the object.it to the object.

Save a copy of the part Save a copy of the part that has been done that has been done with the picture and with the picture and place a name to it and place a name to it and then save it on the then save it on the working directory.working directory.

We have restarted We have restarted Pro-engineer so that Pro-engineer so that we can show you how we can show you how to bring back your to bring back your picture. You will need picture. You will need to go to the file that to go to the file that you saved but first you you saved but first you will need to set up the will need to set up the working directory in working directory in Pro-engineer. Pro-engineer.

Once you have set up Once you have set up the working directory in the working directory in pro-engineer you will pro-engineer you will be able to see your be able to see your part with your picture part with your picture on it and will be able to on it and will be able to bring it up anytime. bring it up anytime.

Parts in VRML 101…Parts in VRML 101…

After completing a After completing a certain part on Pro E certain part on Pro E you might need to set you might need to set it up in the Virtual it up in the Virtual World.World.

In this section we will In this section we will be saving files in be saving files in VRML and setting VRML and setting them up in the virtual them up in the virtual world. world.

After you have After you have completed the desired completed the desired part you need to save part you need to save the file as a VRML file the file as a VRML file type.type.

Make sure that in the Make sure that in the export VRML menu export VRML menu you select setup, click you select setup, click on high quality, on high quality, designated parameter, designated parameter, and all views and all views

By saving the part as a By saving the part as a VRML file it will create VRML file it will create an internet file which is an internet file which is the file type needed to the file type needed to place a part in the place a part in the Virtual World. Virtual World.

You can also process You can also process different changes by different changes by opening notepad to the opening notepad to the VRML file. VRML file.

For instance you can For instance you can change the anchor and change the anchor and pictures on the part by pictures on the part by modifying the program modifying the program code in notepad. code in notepad.

There are times when There are times when a certain view is a certain view is required in the Virtual required in the Virtual World. Pro E has a World. Pro E has a feature where a feature where a particular view of the particular view of the part can be saved in part can be saved in VRML. VRML.