3dworks Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 this has already requested again and again, but i can't find it anymore and it is on the top things making me climb wall up in FZ. when you are using the 'select by criteria' palette on a day by day basis, it's just a pain to select any geometry 'by materials' attribute. the small scrollable window does just show tiny thumbnail without any text, and - as an icing on the cake - the order is even different than in the main material panel. see screenshot. please fix and enhance this, it's almost unusable at this point, but so important if you mass edit complex scenes! hopefully next update? kind regards markus AlbertoBlor, Santoskes, Lestershoelladdef and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartjuan Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 +1 Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibui Design Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTEK Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peder Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 +10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsOne Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 +1 Please allow for the full Material palette access for selection by criteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cooper Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) Sorry I removed this post because it wasn't very polite. Please see better phrased +1 below. Edited September 25, 2016 by Alan Cooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cooper Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Massive +1 please. Absence of a text option makes correct selection from many similar materials extremely difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew West Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 This would make my life so much easier. PLEASE fix this soon. Alan Cooper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibui Design Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 This feature has been severely lacking for quite a long while. A more robust solution would be most welcome. Hopefully this becomes a priority with FormZ development. Thank you! Alan Cooper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dworks Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 sorry, but i'm really disappointed as nothing seems to happen here. this is an important tool to keep up with complex projects. with latest update the materials box containing tiny icons even behaves more erratically than before, making a selection impossible. at least please list materials by name, then we can pick something useful here... Alan Cooper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Agree for 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cooper Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 sorry, but i'm really disappointed as nothing seems to happen here. this is an important tool to keep up with complex projects. with latest update the materials box containing tiny icons even behaves more erratically than before, making a selection impossible. at least please list materials by name, then we can pick something useful here... Yes, as far as priorities are concerned, this ought to be high on the list but seems forgotten as you say. 3dworks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsOne Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 My guess is that it will be a v9 feature. If so I would probably use it a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 ...spoken about v9. is there any news about the upcoming version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jldaureil Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 +1 from 673 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 On 9/24/2016 at 2:29 PM, ASONE said: +1 Please allow for the full Material palette access for selection by criteria. This is being improved in v9 but we also want to make sure everyone is aware of a subtle feature that was added in v8.6. When you right click on a material there is a new option at the bottom of the context menu to select all of the objects (and faces) that are assigned the material. An additional benefit of this is that if the material is not used, the menu item will be dimmed giving quick feedback if the material is in use or not. While this is not replacement for the Elect By Criteria palette., it is a quick way to get to the common talk of finding the object that use a material. 3dworks, Jaakko, Justin Montoya and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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