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#310646
I have created IES Emitters in my plug-in applications (I use 3D Max and Rhino)
I tried to export to studio in order to hide the 'small spheres' from the camera and then render.

Studio crashes upon trying to open the .mxs file.
If I take the IES material off the spheres then export...everything opens in Studio as it should.

Am I missing something here ?

Thanks in advance,
Paxton
#310649
I am testing in Rhino here, and I can't duplicate this - is it related to a specific .ies file? Also, you don't need to use Studio to hide the spheres from the camera - select the sphere and go to Object Properties > Maxwell Object Properties and check Hidden from Camera.
#310670
Mihai and JD

There is a new plug-in version for Max out today that fixed this issue on the MAX side.
we are using 3DMax7 - plug in version just updated to 2.023.


I have Rhino at home and something like this happened last night JD, I will replicate once I get off work.

EDIT> It will open now ..but crashes on any attempt to modify..still having issues in Studio and .ies.

Here are the files...see if they crash for you.
http://files.me.com/paxreid/00r13w

Thanks for your help.
Paxton
#310689
Thanks for uploading, but these are not causing any crashes here (I can't test the .max file). When you say:
It will open now ..but crashes on any attempt to modify..still having issues in Studio and .ies.
Could you give a little more detail about what I should be modifying to make it crash? Thanks...
#310693
JD..I apologize for the lack of explanation..was trying to post this between meetings today.

Anyway...

I am beginning to think that I should just re-install Studio on my machine here. This may just be a local issue.
In the earlier files, if I open 'Bega_2926_W_Normal_Emitter_Applied.MXS' in studio it is ok. You will see that in material 07-Default I have disabled the IES data map. If I simply check that box to activate IES...I get a crash. If I create a new material with IES linked and try and apply it to sphere 1, sphere 2 or sphere 3 it crashes.

I returned to the basics and exported geometry via .dxf and imported into studio. I have the same issue with native geometry from .dxf which is leading me to just believe it is a graphic card issue with the ies display?

If anyone has a moment, see if you can open this http://files.me.com/paxreid/t8hszo file and map an IES light to any of the three bulb objects. For my installation, this crashes using either NL provided IES or downloaded IES. Thanks.

Paxton
#310717
Thanks everyone for trying to help out on this....There seems to be some kind of hardware conflict on the computer at work. I tried this at home and there is no issue.

I would still like to troubleshoot why this is happening, since I would like to use this feature on my work computer.

Sorry for taking up time....and thanks again.

paxton.
#310765
The drivers at work are as up to date as my old system allows. I don't think we should spend anymore time on this issue...It would be more productive to just get a new computer here, or at a minimum a new graphics card.

IES crashes the system for some reason, and I would guess it is graphic card related.

Thanks again for your help...if the new graphics card doesn't fix this issue..we can investigate further.

Paxton
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