How-to | Reset colors after 'Colour by Property`

steverugi · December 2025

After using 'Colour by Property' I want to return to my original colouring settings but 'Reset Colour' makes all grey-ish.
Reloading the model does the job but maybe there is a better method..
Any help? thanks in advance

magicalcloud_75 · January 1

I think Petru had a video about this.

steverugi · January 1

Thanks but it's not saying much to restore colors after reset, unless I missed it?

magicalcloud_75 · January 1

I thought maybe this was mentioned. Guess not. Petru is around here :)
Wish you all the best for 2026!

steverugi · January 1

@magicalcloud_75

I thought maybe this was mentioned. Guess not. Petru is around here :)
Wish you all the best for 2026!

the question posted on BIMvoice Academy got an answer by Petru:

So I guess we stick to File > Open Recent IFC Project for the time being :)

For future development I think the button Reset Colours should return colors back to the original settings?
Thanks and Happy 2026

zoomer · January 1

Hmmhh, it seems to also influence Blender Meshes - outside of the IFC Collection !

I had given an orange (viewport display) color to a Sphere and switched to "Solid" viewport shading.
After using "Color by Property" and again reverting - the Sphere also lost their (viewport display) color which switched back to default white !?

I think there currently are a lot of issues with IFC and Blender Viewports. At least in latest builds and Blender 5.

I also can't safe any SurfaceStyle Settings, like for Render or Shade, nor any External Textures. At least on Mac.