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Question asked by 1-7QVHVX on Jun 18, 2009
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Greetings,
This is my first post, so please be patient as I may not have developed the savvy descriptive ways most users on here do, but I will do my best to describe my problem.
Has anyone ever had this problem with Photoworks? I have parts that have materials applied in Photoworks, which are used in various sub assemblies, which when placed in top-level assemblies and rendered, their materials do not render in the image, and appear to be over-ridden with the default material.
The only fix I have come across is to open the sub-assembly, and then the part(s) within it, then go back to the top-level assembly which subsequently will render properly.
All parts and materials reside locally, not over a network. The only portion of the file that does reside over a network would be the part and assembly templates.

Any tips, suggestions or guidance will be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Kyle

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Jeff Mowry Jun 18, 2009 2:04 PM

Kyle, where were you when you applied the materials to the parts? PhotoWorks behaves by some "secret" rules, so it matters whether you applied your part materials while in the top-level assembly, a sub-assembly, or at the part level. (I always apply my materials at the part level and seem to get predictable results that way.)

If you've done that and are still seeing unpredictable results, maybe check your options within PhotoWorks and make sure you've got "display PhotoWorks properties in SolidWorks" checked, with "display SolidWorks properties in PhotoWorks" (or whatever it is) unchecked.

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Rob Rodríguez @ Jeff Mowry on Jun 18, 2009 2:12 PM

Any materials applied at the assembly level overide materials applied at the part level. Sounds like you have a default plastic material applied to some of your components in the assembly, at the assembly level and this is over riding their part level materials.

Open your assembly, expand each default plastic material and see if any of them have components listed under them. There will be a "c" in parentasis designating the material is applied at the component level. If you find such a material detach it.

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1-7QVHVX @ Jeff Mowry on Jun 18, 2009 3:07 PM

Jeff,

Funny you mentioned 'secret' rules in photoworks, and you couldn't be more right. However, I am aware of the one regards applying materials at the part level and is the case with the parts that I build.
With regards to the check boxes, I do have the "Display Photoworks Materials in Solidworks" checked and the other one unchecked...actually, it is greyed out.

Thanks anyway.

Rob,

Honestly, I have never seen the "c" before, and after looking in many places for it, I can't see any evidence of it. I checked to see if there were any materials accidentally applied at the assembly level and there are none on the list, as per the screen shot- hopefully it appears properly.

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Jeff Mowry Jun 18, 2009 2:04 PM
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Kyle, where were you when you applied the materials to the parts? PhotoWorks behaves by some "secret" rules, so it matters whether you applied your part materials while in the top-level assembly, a sub-assembly, or at the part level. (I always apply my materials at the part level and seem to get predictable results that way.)

If you've done that and are still seeing unpredictable results, maybe check your options within PhotoWorks and make sure you've got "display PhotoWorks properties in SolidWorks" checked, with "display SolidWorks properties in PhotoWorks" (or whatever it is) unchecked.
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- Rob Rodríguez @ Jeff Mowry on Jun 18, 2009 2:12 PM
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  Any materials applied at the assembly level overide materials applied at the part level. Sounds like you have a default plastic material applied to some of your components in the assembly, at the assembly level and this is over riding their part level materials.
  
  Open your assembly, expand each default plastic material and see if any of them have components listed under them. There will be a "c" in parentasis designating the material is applied at the component level. If you find such a material detach it.
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- 1-7QVHVX @ Jeff Mowry on Jun 18, 2009 3:07 PM
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  Jeff,
  
  Funny you mentioned 'secret' rules in photoworks, and you couldn't be more right. However, I am aware of the one regards applying materials at the part level and is the case with the parts that I build.
  With regards to the check boxes, I do have the "Display Photoworks Materials in Solidworks" checked and the other one unchecked...actually, it is greyed out.
  
  Thanks anyway.
  
  Rob,
  
  Honestly, I have never seen the "c" before, and after looking in many places for it, I can't see any evidence of it. I checked to see if there were any materials accidentally applied at the assembly level and there are none on the list, as per the screen shot- hopefully it appears properly.
  
  Thanks guys
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