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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Change face attributes</div>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">This procedure shows how face attributes can change via an Edit or by inheriting from a translator.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Create a green block feature</div>
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         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Design Feature</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Block</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
            </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Object Display</b>. This displays the <b class="uiTerm">Class Selection</b> dialog.
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">All</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the dialog, click on the <b class="uiTerm">Color</b> box.
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            <p class="para_item">Change the color to green.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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      <div class="title_division">Edit the top face</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Right-click on the top face.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Select from list</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the top face of the block.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Object Display</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the dialog, click on the <b class="uiTerm">Color</b> box.
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            <p class="para_item">Change the color to red.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
            </p>
         </li>
         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Right-click&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Rendering Style</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Shaded</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">The block should be green, with a red top face. Now perform each procedure below.</p>
      <div class="title_division">The effect when Apply to All Faces is cleared</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Object Display</b>.
            </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Select All</b>. This selects only the body.
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Object Display</b> dialog, make sure the <b class="uiTerm">Apply to All Faces</b> check box is cleared.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the <b class="uiTerm">Color</b> box.
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            <p class="para_item">Select white.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">Notice that all of the faces on the solid body have changed to white (appears gray), except the face that has been edited. It recognized that it has a different color display attribute from the solid body color display attribute and ignores the edit for that face.</p>
      <div class="title_division">The effect when Apply to All Faces is checked</div>
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         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Object Display</b>.
            </p>
         </li>
         <li>
            <p class="para_item">Choose <b class="uiTerm">Select All</b>. This selects only the body.
            </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">OK</b>.
            </p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Object Display</b> dialog, select the <b class="uiTerm">Apply to All Faces</b> check box.
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            <p class="para_item">Select the <b class="uiTerm">Color</b> box.
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            <p class="para_item">Select blue.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">Notice that all of the faces on the solid body have change to blue. All of the face color display attributes have been changed to match the solid body color display attribute.</p>
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