# Individual components properties

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717 "2017-01-20T12:09:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Roland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Roland](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Roland)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/1 "2017-01-20T12:09:25Z")

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Hi There, is it possible to apply different properties to each separate component.  
For instance, I create drawings of historic buildings and would like to be able to colour and texture different building fabric differently. i.e. Timber - brown, brick - red, etc.  
Is this possible ? And if not, is it something you are planning on in the future?

Many thanks

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/2 "2017-01-20T12:10:43Z")

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Roadmap for the next 6 weeks:

- improvements in constraints
- image import
- colors
- construction geometry

So yes, colors are coming very soon 🙂

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**Author:** ![dan\_public](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@dan\_public](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/dan_public)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/3 "2017-01-21T05:19:47Z")

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Colors. Excellent. 😌

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**Author:** ![rani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@rani](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/rani)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/4 "2017-01-22T17:02:21Z")

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Until it’s built-in, could you please recommend how we could add colors, different surfaces, and lighting to our models? Ideally something free or affordable. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/5 "2017-01-22T17:09:54Z")

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@awoodhead has an app for that I think.

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**Author:** ![awoodhead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/awoodhead/32/451_2.png) [@awoodhead](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/awoodhead)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/6 "2017-01-23T07:25:45Z")

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Hi there. I have tried quite a few iPad apps for rendering and coloring models made in Shapr. If you have a look at the ‘Share my creations’ part of this forum and scroll up to Jan and Feb 2016 and look at some of my posts you will see how I used Procreate and i3D viewer for this. This pic shows example of overlaying a wood texture on a Shapr model in Procreate. ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/1X/b4810dbcb5ee054fb977e537931ab9219f827021.JPG)

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**Author:** ![awoodhead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/awoodhead/32/451_2.png) [@awoodhead](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/awoodhead)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/7 "2017-01-23T07:28:18Z")

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Image import - that’s the one I’m waiting for! 😱

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**Author:** ![rani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@rani](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/rani)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/8 "2017-01-24T17:36:19Z")

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Thanks @awoodhead for recommending Procreate and i3D Viewer - I will check them out. Would be really cool to be able to do that in Shapr3D someday!

By the way… Your work is remarkable - thank you for sharing it with the rest of us.

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**Author:** ![awoodhead](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/awoodhead/32/451_2.png) [@awoodhead](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/awoodhead)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/9 "2017-01-24T17:53:03Z")

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Many thanks for the feedback. Would be good to see how you get on colouring your models. Remember to set the blend mode to ‘overlay’ when adding a colour layer above your model render layer in Procreate. This keeps the shape and shading of your model. Good luck with it.

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**Author:** ![Kristijonas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/kristijonas/32/411_2.png) [@Kristijonas](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Kristijonas)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/individual-components-properties/717/10 "2017-01-27T14:00:18Z")

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I am so exited about updates coming, it will be great!