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    • HornOxxH Offline
      HornOxx
      last edited by

      Hi All
      here's another real beginner's question πŸ˜‰
      As you know, there are very extensive colour systems out there.
      To find a specific colour in SkUpΒ΄s material window, is there the possibility to search somehow (e.g. by a known name or number) instead of scrolling forever?
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      • Rich O BrienR Online
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        ThruPaint can search libraries

        Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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        • HornOxxH Offline
          HornOxx
          last edited by HornOxx

          thanks a lot for this hint Rich πŸ‘ - this option in ThruPaint never occurred to me.
          Unfortunately, ThruPaint is not able complete this task even after more than 10 minutes but remains stuck at this 100% status and freezes.
          (which btw would also be a period of time in which I would have already finished my work several times with the scroll method which I was hoping to bypass πŸ˜€ ).
          Therefore there is no built-in native SkUp search option?

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          • Rich O BrienR Online
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            No, you can't search libraries unfortunately.

            ThruPaint does initially take time to build a database but after its ok to search.

            Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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            • HornOxxH Offline
              HornOxx
              last edited by

              thanks a lot for this hint Rich - this option in ThruPaint never occurred to me.
              Unfortunately, ThruPaint is not able complete this task even after more than 10 minutes but remains stuck at this 100% status and freezes.
              (which btw would also be a period of time in which I would have already finished my work several times with the scroll method which I was hoping to oppose πŸ˜‰ ).

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              never trust a skinny cook

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              • Rich O BrienR Online
                Rich O Brien Moderator
                last edited by

                I don't know to be honest. You could be a unicorn when it comes to materials libraries.

                Is there ruby console errors?

                @fredo6 would be best placed to offer an insight into the behaviour of ThruPaint's database building.

                Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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                • fredo6F Offline
                  fredo6
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                  Can you leave the Ruby Console open when launching ThruPaint. There may be some errors displayed.

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                  • HornOxxH Offline
                    HornOxx @fredo6
                    last edited by

                    @fredo6 said in How to search and find a specific material in a huge material library?:

                    Can you leave the Ruby Console open when launching ThruPaint. There may be some errors displayed.

                    hi and thanks Fredo6 - I did as you said and this is the message in the Ruby console (IΒ΄ll add the message as a txt-File)Ruby Error.txt

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                    • fredo6F Offline
                      fredo6
                      last edited by

                      Can you try with LibFredo6 v15.1b, just published.

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                      • HornOxxH Offline
                        HornOxx @fredo6
                        last edited by

                        @fredo6
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                        • fredo6F Offline
                          fredo6
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                          Then, there is something corrupted in your list of materials....

                          Can you try with LibFredo6 v15.1c.

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