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Purge Photoworks material

Purge Photoworks material

Purge Photoworks material

(OP)
I would like to purge Photoworks scene material from files but can't find out how to do this.  There is a wood material for floors that I used for scenes on previous projects.  Even though I changed scenes completely, whenever I open some files up, I get the following error message:

http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=missingphotoworksfilewl1.jpg

Some of these files are checked out of PDMWorks.  All physical changes are kept if I check it back into the vault, such as changing the length or whatever, but the darned old scene material is kept somehow.

How can I get rid of the material/purge it.

Flores
SW06 SP4.1

RE: Purge Photoworks material

I had the same a few weeks ago. I had to open each part separately and "remove material", save, close, open, add material.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-06)

RE: Purge Photoworks material

This can be a real PITA.  I really don't have an answer for you.  It seems once you use a material or decal in PW it remains in the memory list even though it may not be currently used.  This happens to us periodically and it seems if you don't browse to the file and save enoug times it eventually goes away?

Rob Rodriguez CSWP
President: Northern
Vermont SolidWorks User Group
www.robrodriguez.com (updated 8/12/06)
SW 2006 SP 4.0 / SW 2007 SP 0.0

RE: Purge Photoworks material

(OP)
Hopefully Photoworks in 2007 will have a fix for this.  On the scene editor, I have even used the backgrounds > plain > plain white so that it wouldn't have any floor or wall materials, and that doesn't always work.  After saving a few times, it seems like the settings stick because I'm not getting the error prompt anymore.

Flores
SW06 SP4.1

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