Change Face Color Command customizeable??????

[Buggsy]

I was working on some modifications to a previous drawing and needed to change the face color on multiple faces, about 40 of them ........ After using the command on a couple of them, I decided that an improvement is required or I'm not understanding how to pick multiple items with the same stroke of the command. What I'm asking is, is there a way to pick multiple faces to change multiple face color in just a few strokes or can a custom lisp file be created to speed this process up???????

[SLW210]

I have no problem just selecting the faces I want and then ENTER then select the color. Then all the faces selected change to that color.

 

Command: _solidedit
Solids editing automatic checking:  SOLIDCHECK=1
Enter a solids editing option [Face/Edge/Body/Undo/eXit] <eXit>: _face
Enter a face editing option
[Extrude/Move/Rotate/Offset/Taper/Delete/Copy/coLor/mAterial/Undo/eXit] <eXit>: 
_color
Select faces or [undo/Remove]: 1 face found.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]: 1 face found.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]: 1 face found.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]: 1 face found.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:
Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]: 1 face found.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]: 1 face found.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:
Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:

Enter a face editing option
[Extrude/Move/Rotate/Offset/Taper/Delete/Copy/coLor/mAterial/Undo/eXit] <eXit>: 
X

Solids editing automatic checking:  SOLIDCHECK=1
Enter a solids editing option [Face/Edge/Body/Undo/eXit] <eXit>: X

[Buggsy]

I'd like to know if your 2011 happens to be different then my 2010. I can ONLY pick one face while the command is invoked.

 

Command: _solidedit

Solids editing automatic checking: SOLIDCHECK=1

Enter a solids editing option [Face/Edge/Body/Undo/eXit] : _face

Enter a face editing option

[Extrude/Move/Rotate/Offset/Taper/Delete/Copy/coLor/mAterial/Undo/eXit] :

_color

Select faces or [undo/Remove]: 1 face found.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:

 

This is where I tried to pick a second face.......nothing

 

Please select an edge on the originally selected solid.

 

So I typed ALL......

 

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]: all 2 faces found.

 

I tried to pick other faces.......nothing

 

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:

Please select an edge on the originally selected solid.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:

Please select an edge on the originally selected solid.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:

Please select an edge on the originally selected solid.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:

Please select an edge on the originally selected solid.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:

Please select an edge on the originally selected solid.

Select faces or [undo/Remove/ALL]:

Enter a face editing option

[Extrude/Move/Rotate/Offset/Taper/Delete/Copy/coLor/mAterial/Undo/eXit] :

*Cancel*

Edited April 28, 2011 by Buggsy
Additional Info

[SLW210]

What is PICKFIRST set to?

[Buggsy]

it is set to 1

[SLW210]

What is PICKADD set to?

[Buggsy]

pickadd is also set to 1

[SLW210]

Have you tried holding CTRL while selecting?

[Buggsy]

Yes I have tried the CTRL key as well as the shift key

 

how do I send you the dwg??????

[Buggsy]

Did this file upload???

 

I guess it did!!!!!!!

Help.dwg

[SLW210]

Yes file uploaded.

 

Are you try to select the round solids? If so those are each separate solids, not separate faces. You can only color them 1 at a time using the solid edit command. I would just select them all and change their color in the Layer Manager.

[Buggsy]

Ok, I think you are telling me that if all the faces were on the same solid, then I could pick multiple faces, but since all the round rods are different solids then I need to do it thru layer color.

[SLW210]

Ok, I think you are telling me that if all the faces were on the same solid, then I could pick multiple faces, but since all the round rods are different solids then I need to do it thru layer color.

 

If you just want your 3D Solids One color, I would just use layers. The advantage of Color faces is to only have some of the faces a different color/colors than the rest of the solid.

[Buggsy]

I'm still experimenty with all of the 3D commands and that was one that I was totally confused on. You helped me with this very good. Thanks a bunch, Steve

[SLW210]

No problem.

 

Is that some type of racquet?

[Buggsy]

Bird Screen symbol for an industrial ventilation air bleed-in duct. What is the file size max for uploads????

[SLW210]

250kb for DWG and ZIP

[Buggsy]

check out PDF file

BedFord Connection Sketches-A.pdf

[SLW210]

Kool. Looks nice.