Class attributes not applied to objects (in this case, cabinets)

[Marci]

Hi all,

I keep encountering this issue - I'm using classes for cabinets so that changing colours and other attributes can be done in as few steps as possible. However, it seems that when I change class attributes, they just don't get applied to some objects even though I have those objects assigned to that class AND am telling the attribute (in my example, Fill colour) to use the class.

 

In my example below, the cabinet below the sink (as well as the ones on either side as they are in the same class) should be red, but as you can see, they are not.

Does the ORDER in which you assign things to classes matter? Would it matter if they were copied & pasted at one time?? I'm really scratching my head over this issue and I run into it all the time. I can't see what is different between the objects that ARE working as expected and those that are not. I don't think it's anything in the Object Info Palette or in the Attributes pane since I've combed through those 1000 times.

This is driving me bonkers! Am I missing something??

[Pat Stanford]

Your screenshot does not go down low enough to see, but do you have a Class Texture assigned also? If you do , it is using the texture and not the fill color to do the rendering.

[michaelk]

Base cabinets and wall cabinets get their attributes from "part" classes.   Scroll down in the OIP and toward the bottom there are class pull downs for the cabinet (carcass), doors, and kick.

 

[michaelk]

… but the 2D attributes of the class the cabinet is in will control the 2D attributes of the cabinet.  i.e., to make the wall cabinets have a dashed line in top/plan.

 

[Marci]

Of course, I figured it out AFTER I posted it online forever. 😉

That tiny little arrow makes a huge difference. Looks like you have to have Class Style selected AND go into the colour selection and click on "Color By...". Clunky but it works.

Hope this saves other people some time!

[Marci]

Thanks for all the quick replies! I'm sure I will run into those things sometime soon, too! Much appreciated. 🙂

[Tom W.]

7 hours ago, Marci said:

That tiny little arrow makes a huge difference. Looks like you have to have Class Style selected AND go into the colour selection and click on "Color By...". Clunky but it works.

If you click on the small down-arrow at the bottom of the 'Attributes' palette + select 'Make All Attributes By Class' this will set everything to by class at once