Materials window

[jrm1]

Am I missing something, or has SU 8 removed the plus symbol from the top of the materials window? How do you create a new blank material?

[thomthom]

Nothing has changed...
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[thomthom]

Screenshot of your materials window?

(And can you fill out your system info in your profile so we know what computer system you have?)

[jrm1]

I'm attaching a screenshot of the materials window. The only way I seem to be able to make a new material from the window is via "New Texture".

[Dave R]

It's the same as it's always been.

Is there something about using New Texture that is a problem?

[jrm1]

I'm following Jason Maranto's videos on Sketchup to Maxwell workflow. His version of Sketchup has a plus symbol top right of the panel. It probably doesn't matter for what I want to do, which is to use the Scene manager in Maxwell plugin in MXM mode.

I need to get MXMs integrated into SU. The Scene Manager seems not to allow the loading up of an MXM until you select a material from the drop down. Which is a pain, because it has a name and qualities that you don't ultimately want. But I have found a more useful button on the toolbar, namely browse for MXM, which launches MXED.

So I double click on the material I want and it loads into SU, or a reference to it. It's a new Arroway gravel material. So far so good. But now I can't see the texture clearly on the surface of the face. It's just a flat colour. How can I get the texture to be visible (at least in low res) in my SU model?

[Dave R]

Different operating system. Jason is showing the Materials window on a Windows machine. On Mac they use the native OS-supplied colors window doodad.

As to the material showing as a flat color, you must be in shaded face style instead of shaded with Textures. Change that under the view menu orin the Styles Edit tab and you should see it.