[REQ] Find this material

solo · 30 Jan 2012, 18:23

Occasionally I get a rouge material that appears in my material editor but to the life of me I cannot find it in the model, normally I just delete it only to later find out it was actually an important mat in an obscure spot that indeed needed to be there, so I was wondering if a plugin exists that I can click on a material in the material editor and select 'find this material in model' and it would hi-lite it so I can confirm it or delete it without fear.

Sometimes it's a material applied to a back face and requires deletion, I just need to confirm it before deleting.

Very needed for models from the 3DWH.

solo · 30 Jan 2012, 18:30

@massimo said:

Well you can right click on the material in the "in model" materials panel-->select and then switch, for example, to x-ray mode in order to view better the selected material. Just a thought.

I know that, however in some big models with lots of materials finding that material in the first place is difficult, hence the need to find it.

massimo · 30 Jan 2012, 18:30

Well you can right click on the material in the "in model" materials panel-->select and then switch, for example, to x-ray mode in order to see better the selected material. Just a thought.

thomthom · 30 Jan 2012, 18:30

@massimo said:

Well you can right click on the material in the "in model" materials panel-->select and then switch, for example, to x-ray mode in order to see better the selected material. Just a thought.

Only if the entities with the material is in the current context...

Gaieus · 30 Jan 2012, 18:33

That would work but only in the current context and once a material is inside a group only, it won't select it.

I do not know if this plugin would dig down to groups:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?t=31378

TT, when you are at it (and beat me...) Your Selection toys can select entities inside groups. Would it be possible to extend it with a material selection option, too?

thomthom · 30 Jan 2012, 19:17

@gaieus said:

TT, when you are at it (and beat me...) Your Selection toys can select entities inside groups. Would it be possible to extend it with a material selection option, too?

It would... though I have since found that cross context selections is asking for trouble. SketchUp doesn't like it much.
I'm thinking that it might be better with a tool like Solid Inspector that would highlight the geometry in that manner.

Gaieus · 30 Jan 2012, 19:20

Well, in this particular case it would indeed be better.