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    • R Offline
      reyems
      last edited by

      I have created a component; named it and saved to my component folder. I then went in and edited this component (while still in the original drawing). I added color to the component. Then I right clicked "save as" and saved with the exact same name. It asked to overwrite and I said yes. However, when I bring the component back into the drawing it does not have any color.

      Sorry for the long winded explanation. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        Could you post the component so we can see it?

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        • R Offline
          reyems
          last edited by

          I don't know how to post a component...but I did realize there is a lock symbol as aprt of the icon. I have not noticed this before on a component. Is there a way to "unlock" the component?

          I really appreciate your help!

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          • Dave RD Offline
            Dave R
            last edited by

            When you select the component in the model, does it have a red bounding box? If so, right click on it and choose Unlock. Then resave the component.

            I think you'll need another post to get you past the restriction on uploading. Then you'll have an option to Upload Attachment at the bottom of the screen. BTW, I sent you a PM.

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            • R Offline
              reyems
              last edited by

              Dave,

              The component does not have a red box around it. It is a blue box.

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              • R Offline
                reyems
                last edited by

                Dave,

                I can now upload ( and have done so here) the component. Please let me know what you think as to how to get it to keep color. Thanks!


                Large Moss petal.skp

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                • Dave RD Offline
                  Dave R
                  last edited by

                  You're right. there's no material applied. There's also no materials in the In Model Materials Library. Could you post the SKP file from which you saved this petal out?

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                  • R Offline
                    reyems
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                    I tried to send it to you as a pm but I received an error message that it is too large. Let me see if there is a way to reduce the size and I will try again.

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                    • Dave RD Offline
                      Dave R
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                      Perhaps you can zip it and then send it. Normally I would suggest that you purge unused materials and components but I don't want to lose something we may need in this case.

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                      • Dave RD Offline
                        Dave R
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                        Sorted. The materials/colors need to be applied to the faces instead of to the component wrapper.

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                        • GaieusG Offline
                          Gaieus
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                          @dave r said:

                          Sorted. The materials/colors need to be applied to the faces instead of to the component wrapper.

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                          Indeed. A component (as "such") will not actually be affected if you only apply a material to it "from outside" (i.e. - as Dave put it - to its wrapper only) That material will only belong to the model this component is placed in. This is not different from alignment (position, rotation...) of a component inside a model or the scale of a component when it is scaled (again) from "outside" (not while editing it).

                          Here is a little tut that I put together on a different note but may still be interesting (does not seem to be a very popular one, as I see though): http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=39655&p=350494

                          Gai...

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