Applying or changing material to every part at once

If you want to modify the material on every part of a whole collection, here is a useful suggestion. For instance, you can be certain that every part, including every sub-assembly, has the appropriate density.

If you open a STEP file that has multiple parts, you have undoubtedly experienced this problem. Follow these easy steps after you’ve opened the collection:

• In SolidWorks, click on the background and choose “Advanced Select.”

• Select “Category = Document name — SolidWorks Special” and “Condition = contains” and “Value = sldprt”.

Click on “Apply”

• Close “Advanced Selection” using the cross in the upper right corner
• Right-click again on the background and select Material as well as the material you want.

• SolidWorks takes some time to apply the material to all your parts if you have a lot of them.
• The chosen material has now been applied to all parts.

Tauseef Ahmed

Applications Engineer Central Innovation

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