material didnt appear

[chen ray]

hi guys wish to ask as per attached i apply the material timber to the model layer but no matter how i render it always render as the model layer colour instead ?

can help ?

and also how does the walkabout window update whatever changes i made in autocad ? cos in ar3 i just need to click translate model and it will update the model into the ar walkabout screen

[chen ray]

hi guys tried to apply all my model with red colour material . when rendered funny some of the members still remains white, especially the screen which i apply timber but still white.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Use the Remove Material from Object button on the material palette and select the offending object(s). We sometimes see, particularly with older models or models created with 3rd party software, objects or subobjects which have material assignments listed as Global instead of ByLayer. This should clear up the problem (let me know.)

Also check the system variable "_CMATERIAL" and make sure it is set to ByLayer. This variable determines the default assignment of newly created objects.

[chen ray]

hi roy i tried ur method but still it dun work. i attached a model and apply all timber material but some still render as white as shown in the image. u may use ur own material to test. hope to hear from u soon. rushing a dateline...... thank man

cheers

[Alejandro Testa]

When I check the timber timber 26 material and I tried to edit, the default material in the edit window appears as white, first remove material from object, them reload the material from nxt material and reapplied. let me know if this work. It works for me....

[chen ray]

hi alejandro thank for ur advise . hmm i tried ur method and also tried applying a simple colour material to the affected object but it dun seem to work. wonder which nxt built u using ?

[chen ray]

hi guys i tried roy eariler suggestion of "Use the Remove Material from Object button on the material palette and select the offending object(s"

it work now... cheer guys.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Just close (using the X) and re-open the WalkAbout window to see the changes.

[chen ray]

hi roy i own accurender 3,4 and nxt now. can advise how to change between Photometric and non-photometric render in all these 3 version ?

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

nXt does not have a non-photometric mode. I don't remember how to change modes in ar3/ar4.