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This feature allows you to define a color for each face or surface of an object. '''Note:''' ''Std_SetColors'' is designed to color faces. To color whole pars, there is the feature ??.
This feature allows you to define a color for each face or surface of an object. '''Note:''' ''SetColors'' is designed to color faces. To color whole pars, there is the feature ''[[Std_SetAppearance|SetAppearance]]''.


==Usage==
==Usage==


# Right-click on an item in the tree view. If the items supports ''Std_SetColors'', there is a context menu entry '''Set colors...''' and you can click on it.
# Right-click on an item in the tree view. If the items supports the ''SetColors'' feature, there is a context menu entry '''Set colors...''' and you can click on it.
# To select face(s):
# To select face(s):
## For a single face simply click on it, then select in the dialog its color
## For a single face simply click on it, then select in the dialog its color
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Revision as of 16:16, 2 August 2020

The Std_SetColors name or any similar name does not exist in the FreeCAD code base. We need to find another name for the page, or transfer its content to an existing page. Added WrongPageName category. - NormandC

Description

This feature allows you to define a color for each face or surface of an object. Note: SetColors is designed to color faces. To color whole pars, there is the feature SetAppearance.

Usage

  1. Right-click on an item in the tree view. If the items supports the SetColors feature, there is a context menu entry Set colors... and you can click on it.
  2. To select face(s):
    1. For a single face simply click on it, then select in the dialog its color
    2. To select multiple faces, either keep CTRL pressed and click on several faces.
      Or click in the dialog on the button Box selection. Then you can drag with the mouse a selection rectangle in the model. Every face that is partly in the selection rectangle will be selected.
  3. Choose in the dialog a color for the selected faces.
  4. Click OK to close the dialog an accept the changes you made.

File:Std SetColors-dialog.png

The SetColors dialog