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    • L Offline
      LARV
      last edited by

      If I have.. let“s say a car.. in a group and I want change all the different colours to one colour, what is the simplest way to do this? As for now I“m having to click and go into every sub group within the car and marking everything by hand and changing the colour.

      I“d like to just mark the car and switch to a single colour. Is this possible?

      Thank you!

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        TIG Moderator
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        A group or a component-instance can have a 'color' assigned to it [you just paint it with a Material].
        The faces within a 'container' can also have their own 'colors'.
        If a face has no material assigned to it [aka 'default-material'], then that face is displayed with the 'color' assigned taken from its 'container' group/instance, if they are deeply nested then the material of the first container that has a material prevails...

        A typical use would be to assemble parts of a car into a component, where the tires, hubs, lights, windows, interior etc would be assigned their own materials, then the body panels have the 'default-material'.
        You place instances and can paint each with one a different color, although the panels still have the default material they display with the top-level container's material...

        To change everything with a nested group requires you to open each in turn and apply the desired material...

        It could be done with a script...
        Try this http://sketchucation.com/pluginstore?pln=Global_Material_Change
        You can select the 'group' and use the tool to change all materials within it, to either the default-material or another existing material... It mines down and changes the materials within nested groups/instances too...

        TIG

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        • L Offline
          LARV
          last edited by

          JESUS CHRIST, THAT WAS A NICE PLUGIN!

          Thank you!

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