Solid Edge How to get the RGB Values of shaded faces in Solid Edge Part environment

In this example a user gets a Part with colored faces from a supplier.  These colors are used later on for manufacturing processes which require knowing the exact RGB values.  How to obtain these colors ?

Solution

Solid Edge has currently no functionality to select the colored face and obtain the color property.  However there is a workaround:

On the Home tab in Solid Edge Part in the Dimension Section click on the Button 'Style'.

The Style Dialog Box pops up:

Select the Face Styles options on the top left side of the Dialog -  you will see all available Styles and the description of the selected Style (in the above example - Aluminium).

Next in the 'Show in Styles list' pull down menu select the option 'Styles in use'.

Now you will see all the styles from that Part:


You will see for example, that the Face Style Green in the description field the has the Color definition :
0,00;0,45;0,00.  This is the normalized version of the RGB Values:

R = 0,00 / G = 0,45 / B = 0,00. The values are between 0 and 1 and represent the real values between 0 and 255.

To obtain the RGB Values, you simply multiply the normalized Values by 255 - you will need to round the value to an Integer value:

R= 0*255 = 0 / G=0,45*255 = 114,75 => 115 / 0*255 = 0

You have now obtained the required RGB value.  Repeat the process for the remaining red and blue faces.

RGB values can have other representations dependening on the environment where the colors are needed: Hex Code, Integer, normalized values or even as one single number in the LONG_RGB variant.

If you need to know how these values compare, please refer to the Solution Center Article :

'How RGB and Long RGB Compare in Solid Edge'

Hardware/Software Configuration

Platform: INTL64
OS: windows
OS Version: 1064
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: PART/SHEETMETAL
Version: V220.0
Function: OTHER

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