Materials won't load
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I have a new MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard and Sketchup files which worked fine on my desktop (running Leopard) won't load materials or colors in model into the materials palette.
The materials I have already assigned beforehand show up in the model, but are not available to choose again or edit. All I have is the eyedropper to resuse, which is obviously of little use.
When I select Materials in the Windows dropdown, I just get the basic color palette with the color wheel etc. No thumbnails of colors in model etc.
In app support/sketchup the materials folder is present and its contents are there. They just don't appear in the workspace. -
Has anybody got any idea why I can't access materials?
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I am not on Mac so cannot really advise but I know that this part is quite different from the Windows version. Here is what the SU Help Center is saying about the Material browser on Mac:
http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=142368
And here is the "old" SU guide (for version 6) with pictures if these help:
http://download.sketchup.com/sketchuphelp/gsu6_mac/Content/F-Model_Settings_and_Managers/Settings-ColorPicker-MAC.htm -
Your color picker toolbar is closed.
Look at the top-right corner of the color picker and you'll see a pill shaped button. Click on that and the toolbar will expand.
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Thanks Jeff, sorted. And Gaieus too!
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