- Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:50 pm
#363700
Hi,
I've recently started using MR with ArchiCAD, and I'm having some issues with materials that I can't figure out.
I've placed all MXM files including textures in a network folder on our server, with different subfolders for maxwell defalut materials, arroway, downloaded etc. I've set the main folder as the default path. Is this a good way to do it if you have a shared material library and want to add to it over time?
1. When I add a material it looks ok in the preview and the paths to the texture files are correct. It renders correctly in FIRE, but in the preview window I only get the texture decal.
2. How do I apply the settings of one material on to another material? ie I load the object from AC and then I want to completely change the materials to MR materials, without actually selecing the objects and making any changes there. I've been trying to do this as I had some issues with references to MXM files in the ArchiCAD plugin.
3. Instead of doing the above I've been dragdropping materials from the material browser to the materials list, then selecting objects by clicking another material and choosing 'select assigned objects', then choosing the newly added material and choosing 'apply to selection'. This works, but in some cases not all the objects change materials. I've checked and removed some triangle groups but this didn't seem to matter.
4. Sometimes the material previews won't save, and old or no previews appear. Is there something that needs to be done in order to save them?
ETA: Re #1 I realized I had display UVs on, so turning that off removed the UV decal, but I still can't get the textures to display.
I've recently started using MR with ArchiCAD, and I'm having some issues with materials that I can't figure out.
I've placed all MXM files including textures in a network folder on our server, with different subfolders for maxwell defalut materials, arroway, downloaded etc. I've set the main folder as the default path. Is this a good way to do it if you have a shared material library and want to add to it over time?
1. When I add a material it looks ok in the preview and the paths to the texture files are correct. It renders correctly in FIRE, but in the preview window I only get the texture decal.
2. How do I apply the settings of one material on to another material? ie I load the object from AC and then I want to completely change the materials to MR materials, without actually selecing the objects and making any changes there. I've been trying to do this as I had some issues with references to MXM files in the ArchiCAD plugin.
3. Instead of doing the above I've been dragdropping materials from the material browser to the materials list, then selecting objects by clicking another material and choosing 'select assigned objects', then choosing the newly added material and choosing 'apply to selection'. This works, but in some cases not all the objects change materials. I've checked and removed some triangle groups but this didn't seem to matter.
4. Sometimes the material previews won't save, and old or no previews appear. Is there something that needs to be done in order to save them?
ETA: Re #1 I realized I had display UVs on, so turning that off removed the UV decal, but I still can't get the textures to display.