Sketchup crashes when assigning Maxwell materials

[jrm1]

I'm on the latest updates of Sketchup, the SU plugin for maxwell and Maxwell itself.

I'm having trouble assigning MXMs to objects. In the past I've clicked on the icon with the folder (6th icon along), which opens MXED. I then locate the MXM I want to use, click on it and so long as the surface is still selected in SU model, that MXM gets assigned to that surface.

But now, I get the spinning ball. It freezes SU. Anyone know why this is happening?

[etroxel]

That happens for me too. Here is the workaround:

1. Create a new material by adding any color to your scene by applying it to a plane. Once applied, go to Colors in Model in the material browser.
2. Select the material in the material browser and double click it to edit it.
3. Give it a name, hit the enter key and the Close button
4. Open the Maxwell Scene Manager
5. In the first tab (materials) select the new material you just added in the drop down list with the name you gave the material
6. Click the MXM button next to it
7. Click the folder icon and select your MXM material
8. Done!

--evan

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[valerostudio]

There as a bug in SU8 with SKM files crashing SU with VR1.6-2.0 installed. Are you on SU2013?