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This task shows how to display and edit bodies
properties. To know how to edit the graphic properties of a body refer to the
Infrastructure documentation, Displaying and Editing Graphic Properties. |
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To perform this scenario, for
example you can open the Assemble1.CATPart
document. |
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Select Body.1 in the specification tree. |
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Select the Edit->Properties command or select the Properties
command on the contextual menu. The Properties dialog box displays,
containing two tabs concerning bodies:
| Feature Properties |
| Graphic |
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The Feature Properties tab displays the name of the
body. This name
is editable if the part is not read only. Enter 'Assemble1' in the Name field.
The new name appears in the specification tree.
The application also displays the date of creation and of the last
modification. |
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Click the Graphic tab to change the color of the body.
The graphic properties available for editing are:
| Fill Color (colors the current object) and
transparency |
| Edge Color, Line type and Weight |
| Line and Curve Color, Line type and Weight |
| Point Color and Symbol |
| Show and Pick attributes |
| Set as default |
To have details
about how to change graphic properties, please refer to CATIA-
Infrastructure User's Guide Version 5.
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Before applying a color to a body,
remember that:
| The features you create within a body take on the color of this body,
whatever it is. |
| When applying a color to a feature, all the faces of this feature
take on this color. |
| The color you apply to a face prevails over the other colors defined
for features and bodies. |
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| The faces generated by any transformation
take on the color of the body, as shown in the following
example. |
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Before
The body is composed of a pink pad and of a yellow pocket |
After
Both faces the pattern has generated, i.e. the front face
and the cylindrical face take on the color of the body which was CATIA
default color. |
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Click OK. CATIA takes these modifications into account and displays
the new body name.
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