【转帖】model colors not shown in v2008 sp5

yang686526

model colors not shown in v2008 sp5
ok, i now have a client who actually specified models built in sw2008.  so i've installed it and am working with it.  no big deal--a few interface inconsistencies, but this version seems ok to me other than that stuff.
i add colors to my parts on the part level.  i open my main assembly and everything is gray (not the colors i specified).  how do i get my colors to display again?  is there something new buried in the options area that toggles my colors off?  these are standard colors applied to parts/bodies, not solidworks/photoworks materials.
  
jeff mowry
do you have realview turned on?
jeff mirisola, cswp, certified driveworks ae
wow--fast reply!
no, realview is off.
but i just found the problem.  on this installation, the installer picked up my "old" v2007 options from the registry--partly.  so sw was set to display photoworks properties in the sw window instead of sw materials/colors--and photoworks was added and active as an add-in upon installation.  anyway, i unchecked that option and my part colors came back.  looks like i'm back where i need to be once again.
thanks for the quick reply.
  
jeff mowry