Working with Appearances Contents Changing an Appearance Change an appearance by assigning a predefined appearance or by using the Appearance PropertyManager to edit appearance properties. Removing Appearances Copying and Pasting Appearances You can copy an appearance from one entity and paste it onto another. Pasted appearances retain all the customizations made in the Edit Appearance PropertyManager. Saving a Customized Appearance You can customize an appearance by modifying an existing appearance. Example: Using a Default Scale You can set appearance textures, surface finishes, and decals to use a default scale or to scale to the model size. The default scale of SOLIDWORKS textures, surface finishes, and decals mimics the real-life scale. Assigning a Default Appearance The default appearance is used when all other appearances have been removed. Appearance Target Palette The Appearance Target palette appears when you add an appearance to a model. Parent topicAppearances