2 Replies Latest reply on Jul 21, 2017 6:33 AM by Alexander Smith

    Visualise materials dropping on re-import

    Alexander Smith
    Alexander Smith Jun 27, 2017 11:18 AM

      Hi. I have been experiencing a pretty frustrating aspect of Visualize 2017 Pro. Don't know whether its down to my dodgy workflow or just a glitch.

       

      I have a large assembly in Solidworks and I'm monitoring the file in Visualize for renders. However when I re-import the model after a small change in the Solidworks file, a lot of the materials are either dropped by the component they are applied to or the mapping gets messed up, or both. Kind of de-valuing the whole point of the monitor file function.

       

      Am I doing something wrong, is there a way to 'fix' the material / texture / appearance to certain components so that upon re-imort this doesn't happen? Some things I'd need to change some I would want to same.

       

      Thank you.

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        • Re: Visualise materials dropping on re-import
          Ron Bates
          Ron Bates Jun 29, 2017 4:31 PM (in response to Alexander Smith)

          On a very basic example using Monitor File, I couldn't reproduce any problems like this where materials get dropped or mapped differently.

           

          Perhaps you can be a bit more specific with the steps/setup?

           

          The appearances are applied at what level in SW?

          You are modifying the appearance settings in Visualize after import?  OR assigning entirely new/different appearance?

          You are allowing Visualize to reload the entire model?  Or are using part level "Re-import Part" command?

          What 2017 service pack are you running?

            • Re: Visualise materials dropping on re-import
              Alexander Smith
              Alexander Smith Jul 21, 2017 6:33 AM (in response to Ron Bates)

              Ron, Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry its taken me ages to read it and reply.

               

              I'm attributing different colours to bodies, parts or surfaces in SW to define them from one another then importing into Visualize as the SW files, then I'm attributing new materials, some downloaded from Poliigon for example. So I am both assigning and modifying entire new appearances in Visualize.

               

              I'm then making updates to the SW model and re saving and because I'm using monitor file, visualise offers me the opportunity to re-import. However when I do that often the materials assigned to one object then reassign to another or drop off or the mapping goes crazy and the colours assigned in SW don't pull through into SWV. For example a brick wall with a texture scaled and mapped to get a certain look. Upon re-import the bricks often become huge and maybe map in another orientation.

               

              I'm using Visualize 2017 SP3 and SW 2015 SP5