'Copper' does not work properly in Visual Studio Plus
'Copper' does not work properly in Visual Studio Plus
(OP)
Hi,
I've hit a problem... I'm populating the materials spreadsheet with all the materials my company uses. Using one material I was doing the following and the copper material is not assigning itself to the part.
Here's what I've tried without a modified materials list:
1. Create new part
2. Create a revolved ring (any shape will do)
3. Go to Material Table and select any material (apart from copper!)
4. Select 'Virtual Studio +' from the settings drop down
5. In the window below, navigate to Metals/Copper and select Copper.
6. Click 'Apply to Model'
7. Save your work and create an assembly.
8. Then render the assembly.
Do you get the copper colour? I don't I can go off and select other things like glass or plastic, but never copper...
Any ideas?
Cheers,
M
v19
I've hit a problem... I'm populating the materials spreadsheet with all the materials my company uses. Using one material I was doing the following and the copper material is not assigning itself to the part.
Here's what I've tried without a modified materials list:
1. Create new part
2. Create a revolved ring (any shape will do)
3. Go to Material Table and select any material (apart from copper!)
4. Select 'Virtual Studio +' from the settings drop down
5. In the window below, navigate to Metals/Copper and select Copper.
6. Click 'Apply to Model'
7. Save your work and create an assembly.
8. Then render the assembly.
Do you get the copper colour? I don't I can go off and select other things like glass or plastic, but never copper...
Any ideas?
Cheers,
M
v19





RE: 'Copper' does not work properly in Visual Studio Plus
seems to me you've found a bug here! I cannot get copper displayed on the part either...
Please report to UGS.
IJsbrand Schipperus
RE: 'Copper' does not work properly in Visual Studio Plus
I've just decovered something further to the problem. It's not just copper that won't asign, it seems to be any material that is the 'standard' for that material.
Eg:
Zinc does not work, while Polished Zinc does,
Gold does not work, while Cast Gold does,
If you try it for a few others you get the same result.
A strange one!
I've reported the problem, but to our support people at Cutting Edge Solutions, who will pass it on.
M
v19
RE: 'Copper' does not work properly in Visual Studio Plus
I've discovered how the problem occurs... it's when the material has a name that is the same at the folder which it is based in. If you rename the material or the folder*, it all works just fine.
(*and then save the archive, which sometimes it refuses to do properly and loses any changes)
M