Programming Mechworks PDM > DBWCommandShell > Commands Reference > CADSystem

Description

Change the color of the currently selected part.

Syntax

call DBWShell("ChangePartColor RedValue GreenValue BlueValue [Ambient Diffuse Specular Shininess Transparency Emission]")

Parameters

RedValue	The red color value in normalized coding
GreenValue	The green color value in normalized coding
BlueValue	The blue color value in normalized coding
Ambient	Optional.
Diffuse	Optional.
Specular	Optional.
Shininess	Optional.
Transparency	Optional.
Emission	Optional.

Remarks

A documents Page must be active in SolidWorks browser.
All elements must be in the range 0.0 - 1.0
A value of -1 does not set the property.

Under DBInventor, only Specular and Transparency are supported

Example

Sub main()

    DBWInit(TRUE)
Ambient = "-1"
Diffuse = "-1"
Specular = "0.8"
Shininess = "-1"
Transparency = "0.75"
Emission = "-1"
DBWShell( "ChangePartColor 0.4 0.37 1" _
  & " " & Ambient _
  & " " & Diffuse _
  & " " & Specular _
  & " " & Shininess _
  & " " & Transparency _
  & " " & Emission _
)
End Sub