Hide Table of Contents

Saving a Customized Appearance

You can customize an appearance by modifying an existing appearance.

  1. Use the Appearances PropertyManager to change an existing appearance or browse to a saved appearance.
  2. On the Color/Image tab, click Save appearance.
  3. Click Save.

    The folder where you saved the file is added to System Options > File Locations > Custom - Appearances.

  4. If a prompt appears asking whether to make the folder visible in the Decals folder of the Task Pane, click Yes.

    The folder appears on the Task Pane. System folders are yellow. Folders containing custom appearances are blue.

    Use one of these techniques to send models with custom appearances, decals, or scenes (including any required lights) to others:
    • Click Document Properties > Model Display , and select Store Appearance, Decal and Scene data in model file.
    • Use Pack and Go.

Parent topic: Appearances


Provide feedback on this topic

SOLIDWORKS welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation, accuracy, and thoroughness of the documentation. Use the form below to send your comments and suggestions about this topic directly to our documentation team. The documentation team cannot answer technical support questions. Click here for information about technical support.

* Required

 
*Email:  
Subject:   Feedback on Help Topics
Page:   Saving a Customized Appearance
*Comment:  
*   I acknowledge I have read and I hereby accept the privacy policy under which my Personal Data will be used by Dassault Systèmes

Print Topic

Select the scope of content to print:

x

We have detected you are using a browser version older than Internet Explorer 7. For optimized display, we suggest upgrading your browser to Internet Explorer 7 or newer.

 Never show this message again
x

Web Help Content Version: SOLIDWORKS 2012 SP05

To disable Web help from within SOLIDWORKS and use local help instead, click Help > Use SOLIDWORKS Web Help.

To report problems encountered with the Web help interface and search, contact your local support representative. To provide feedback on individual help topics, use the “Feedback on this topic” link on the individual topic page.

0.20.26