Configuration Specific Colors

This tutorial guides you how to configure the color of the SOLIDWORKS part document using the CUSTOMTOOLS colors. Defining the colors configuration specific way allows you to make different color variations of your products.

During this tutorial, you will use the followin features of CUSTOMTOOLS:

• Custom Color Options. The custom colors included in the CUSTOMTOOLS profile. The customized colors are defined in CUSTOMTOOLS by setting the RGB values of the desired custom color.
• CUSTOMTOOLS Model Property options. Properties scoped to the model document types.
• Properties. CUSTOMTOOLS side pane used to assign values to the Properties defined in the Properties options of CUSTOMTOOLS. In this tutorial, the Properties pane is used to set the custom color for the example part.

SOLIDWORKS Features:

In this tutorial, you also need to use the SOLIDWORKS display states to link them to the part configurations. Please refer to the following SOLIDWORKS help topic for the instructions about linking the Display States to the part configurations.

• Linking Display States to Part Configurations. The custom colors included in the CUSTOMTOOLS profile. The customized colors are defined in CUSTOMTOOLS by setting the RGB values of the desired custom color.

Example Document:

This tutorial refers to a simple plate part that have holes in all four corners. The plate is configured so that each configuration have minor difference in the dimensions and also each configuration have different color. You can see the example part referenced in this tutorial in the following pictures.

Configuration Name
Default	W100	W120

You do not have to make an exactly same kind of a part to complete this tutorial. Any part which have more than one configuration could be used.

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