silver or gold colored plastic?

[jdowns]

Are there any silver or gold colored plastic options? I want to createa a plastic enclosure that has a metallic look to it. Are there any pictures available of the material types you can select in eMachineShop? It would make selection a lot easier if there was just a small sample image by each choice..

Thanks,
James

[Tech2]

Yes you can select silver or gold colored plastic. You can also refer to the colors at Powder Coating Colors.

[jdowns]

How do you specify a silver or gold colored plastic given that the software only provides options for "black", "white", "clear", and "green"?

Also, when I read the help on powder coating it sounds like it can only be done on a metal... are you sure this can be done with plastic?

[quote]Powder coating is a process that "bakes" powdered plastic onto a metal surface resulting in an appearance like paint, but is more durable. Powder coating is relatively hard and abrasion resistant. [/quote]

Thanks,
James

[Tech3]

You can type the required color in the Job | Material + Color selection combo. For injection molding the colors page is used just to choose the exact color number. Coloring is not done with powder coating.

[jdowns]

There is no color selection combo box under job|material... You can only select colors of black, white, or clear by selecting the whole row from job|material... but I do not see anywhere to enter a color from there... The software seems to be changing constantly & options come & go with each new version...