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.
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?