thanks gaieus,and did u just disable me from pming.?I apologize man!

@ledisnomad said: Do you have Vray 1.49.01? If so, in the Vray Material Editor, right-click "Scene Materials" in the Materials List and choose "Sort Materials Alphabetically." yes i have vray 1.49..thanks a lot..!

@unknownuser said: Biggest drawback is that I am unable to transfer materials with copy and paste between models like I used to do with 1.48. Am I the only one with this problem? No - it's a regression bug.

Two Quick and dirty solutions: #1(vista) download d3d8.dll,d3d9.dll for Stability, helps sketchup graphs speed. http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/D/d3d8.dll/5.03.2600.2180/download.html #2 Run more than one sketchup: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=40254 a) By copying sketckup 8 to another location, you can load more plugins. b) Also a empty plug-in folder is a great viewer c) For zone testing for new downloaded plug-ins Now Enjoy, Give thanks to sketckup team.

please someone come with an alternative man...

@thomthom said: @arthur87 said: my colleagues are using version 1. what about their problems.? They also have crashes? When you say "version 1" - do you mean the very first version where materials weren't even automatically synced? yeah..

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