- Fri Jul 20, 2012 1:54 am
#358801
I'm having trouble getting MXM materials to render properly using the latest Solidworks plugin (Maxwell 2.7.0 64-bit, Solidworks 2012x64, Windows 7 Pro64).
I have assigned materials to individual components (Bodies) then loaded the component into an assembly. When rendered there are no reflections, all colors are matte. I opened the MXS in Studio and found that two different materials exist for each material in the model: the MXM's originally specified (e.g., called Chrome and Blue Anodized Al; and a matte color that appears to be the preview material used in Solidworks, e.g., called SW Body (mxm#1) and SW Body (mxm#2). In the Objects panel I see that the preview materials, not the MXM's, are assigned to the objects. Since there is no material applied at the Assembly level, the Body material should be used, according the the user manual.
The only way I can get Maxwell to render the MXM's is to assign them at the assembly level. This is unacceptable since an assembly can contain very many instances of the same object.
Am I missing something or is the plugin broken?
Regards,
Don
I have assigned materials to individual components (Bodies) then loaded the component into an assembly. When rendered there are no reflections, all colors are matte. I opened the MXS in Studio and found that two different materials exist for each material in the model: the MXM's originally specified (e.g., called Chrome and Blue Anodized Al; and a matte color that appears to be the preview material used in Solidworks, e.g., called SW Body (mxm#1) and SW Body (mxm#2). In the Objects panel I see that the preview materials, not the MXM's, are assigned to the objects. Since there is no material applied at the Assembly level, the Body material should be used, according the the user manual.
The only way I can get Maxwell to render the MXM's is to assign them at the assembly level. This is unacceptable since an assembly can contain very many instances of the same object.
Am I missing something or is the plugin broken?
Regards,
Don