'Copper' does not work properly in Visual Studio Plus

[m4rc]

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

 

[Schipperus]

Hi m4rc,

seems to me you've found a bug here! I cannot get copper displayed on the part either...

Please report to UGS.

IJsbrand Schipperus

 

[m4rc]

Hi,

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

 

[m4rc]

Hi,

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