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Is there a way to universally override the file scene?

I like to work in dark mode, my colleagues like light mode. Is there a way that I can set the scene for everything I open regardless of what the file says? Ideally allowing me to save the file without updating the scene information, so that my colleagues don't have to do the same.

Edit: for anyone else needing this:

Apparently the closest you can get is Options > Colors > and change the background appearance to Plain. This disables all scenes for all parts, but importantly this setting is not saved with the part so your coworkers are not affected. Then you can set the plain background to a dark color in the color scheme settings.

For the drawings: Settings -> colors -> Uncheck "Use specified color for drawings paper color". Then make an dark color image to use as the backgroud and save the file to C:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\data\Images\drawings\sheetbackground1.bmp

Note for both of these you can't use something too dark because you wont be able to see things like sketch lines or the buttons that pop up on the screen like exit sketch or close part.

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