wjo53 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Another newbie question...about components, or their materials more precisely... In the attached jpg, I placed a Norway Maple first. A new Material was created automatically, with that name. Then I tried placing other objects from the Realisic Trees library. The outline appears to be correct for the chosen trees, but subsequent materials for newly placed trees default back to the Norway Maple, leaving Component Guy scratching his head. ??? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisA Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 John. Do you have Use Current Material checked in Tool Options -Place Component Pallet? If so un check it and place a new component. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 John. Do you have Use Current Material checked in Tool Options -Place Component Pallet? If so un check it and place a new component. Just tried it. It's unchecked. 8 different trees, 8 different shapes, 1 texture. The component textures are all there (on disk, in the component folder), they just default to the first one placed. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Sometimes in Display Options, you have to unselect "Textures", then reselect it for the graphics to refresh. Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Sometimes in Display Options, you have to unselect "Textures", then reselect it for the graphics to refresh. Des Tried that suggestion, no change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi John, We are not having any issues with this. Do you have any trouble with our file? trees.zip If not, can you please post or send yours so we can take a look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ok. Thanks. Have some results. The first jpg (your tree file.jpg) is what I see when I open your supplied file. I notice your materials are present for each, yet only one displays. The second jpg (first 12.jpg) is what I see loading the first 12 realistic tree components. The third jpg is a screen grab of the first 24 fmz files from the component folder - illustrating that each has the correct material. The fmz file of the first 12 trees is too large for this. Send via email? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi John, If you are getting the error with our file, it is not necessary to send yours. This indicates that the problem is with your installation and not the file itself. Delete your formZ folder, download formZ once more, disable virus detection software, and then reinstall. Do not install any third party plugins, and test the issue by opening our file. If that is working then you can install Maxwell Render if you like (also make sure you are using the latest version) and test our file once more. Is the issue still fixed for you? Also make sure your video driver is up to date for best results (although that is not related to this issue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Ok. Deleted old installation, components included. Rebooted. Re-installed with A/V disabled. Reinstall with file named 'Install_formZ_8_Pro_64.exe (Digital Sig timestamp November-06-14 1:57:51 PM) Upgraded to 8.0.1, let it do the search for upgrade to 8.0.2 Re-registered. Maxwell not installed. Video's up-to-date. Nvidia Geforce GTX 760 (main) + Geforce GT 640 (secondary) - driver 347.25 Win7-64 All formZ program settings at default state. First screen grab is the uneditted version of your file, second is one of mine. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi John, If you downloaded from the original page we sent to you when we sent you your v8 codes, then you should have gotten formZ 8.0.2 directly and not needed to do an update. The installer for the Windows 64 bit version should be dated 1/20/2015. Perhaps you accidentally grabbed the wrong one from your Downloads folder? Alternately, if you can't find that link, please email us directly and we can give it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 That would have been where I got the initial installation file from, and I *think* (not sure) I may have downloaded it again when I was having problems between it and Kaspersky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 I'll try to re-install again later. Going for a ski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Uninstalled, reinstalled from the 8.0.2 executable. No change. Attached is a screengrab of your file. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Hi John, Perhaps you have something corrupted in your Preferences? If you Quit formZ, go to your USER: App Data: Roaming folder and rename the autodessys folder (add a number to the end of the name), and then reopen our file, does that fix it for you? If not, please give us a call at 614 488-8838 during our business hours and we will do an online meeting to see if we can determine why you would have this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Well that was easy. Fixed. Thanks. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Well that was easy. Fixed. Thanks. John Ooops. Spoke too soon. It worked the first time after renaming the user config folder, but when I went back into it, it's back as it was. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjo53 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 For the time being, it seems to work if I set them up as billboards, and save them. I'll work with that for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Hi John, ...does that fix it for you? If not, please give us a call at 614 488-8838 during our business hours and we will do an online meeting to see if we can determine why you would have this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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