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    Maxwell Emitters Not Working

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    • V Offline
      valerostudio
      last edited by

      My emitters just stopped working for some reason. They were working fine earlier today. I tried restarting SU, rebooting my workstation, re-installing the plug-in with no avail. Emmitter materials just render with a weird diffuse color on them and do not create any light. Its very strange and has me stumped.

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      • V Offline
        valerostudio
        last edited by

        Craziest thing is that if I open my file that was working earlier today, the emitters work. If I copy and paste the emitter into a new file, nothing!

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        • V Offline
          valerostudio
          last edited by

          Got it! Turns out that an emitter has to have the default material applied to the backface.

          Answered by Jason here http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=43766

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          • jason_marantoJ Offline
            jason_maranto
            last edited by

            I'm glad you found the answer already -- I was just about to post something ๐Ÿ˜„

            I've come to really love the entity info dialog -- I rarely work in SketchUp without it open... sometimes I wish I could make it a permanent part of the toolbar UI(rather than floating).

            Best,
            Jason.

            I create video tutorial series about several 2D & 3D graphics programs.

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              valerostudio
              last edited by

              That dialog has really changed the way I work. My favorite is that you can edit the segments of an arc or circle after its created.

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