Change 3DS Object Color

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Alexander Muff asked Oct 13, '16 Joerg Vogel commented Oct 18, '16

Change 3DS Object Color

I have a imported a 3DS to represent my flow item.

I would like to change it's color as it progresses through the model. See attached example. In object2 I'd like to change it to red.

Also, what's the best way to index through changing 3D objects? for example, an assembly adding parts as it progresses through its build.

Software Version:

FlexSim 16.2.0

3d shape

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Sam Stubbs ♦ commented · Oct 13, 2016 at 09:33 PM

I don't see the attached file you mentioned.

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Alexander Muff commented · Oct 13, 2016 at 09:40 PM

3d-shape-change-color.fsm

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3d-shape-change-color.fsm (18.3 KiB)

Rodrigo Lamas commented · Oct 13, 2016 at 10:15 PM

I don't know why some imported shapes can not change the color in the normal way. It happened with me too. But in your case I think That You can use the standard box and change the length to 3x2x1.

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Alexander Muff Rodrigo Lamas commented · Oct 13, 2016 at 10:47 PM

This shape used was just a quick example. Is there a better file format? I am using 3DS from Sketchup.

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Rodrigo Lamas Alexander Muff commented · Oct 13, 2016 at 11:50 PM

I think that 3ds is the best format, but *.stl and *.wrl (from solid and pro-engineer) are good too.

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Answer 1 · 2016-10-14T03:40:45Z

Joerg Vogel answered Oct 14, '16 Adrian Haws commented Oct 15, '16

Part 1 Certainly you have looked into the manual here

Otherwise your question was asked long before this forum exists. You find some more information in the old community forum. Phil Bobo is an respected author of many absolute useful posts. The search keywords should contain his name and color there. Other keywords are invis and ac3d.

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Joerg Vogel commented · Oct 14, 2016 at 03:46 AM

Part 2.

If you have an assembled product you could use the method of Shape Frames.

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