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Load all Materials from the Autodesk Library

lois-pl — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:27:36 GMT

Hello,

I have 3D drawing that I want to apply some specific materials. I know that the Autodesk Material Library has a great variety of materials of all types, i've seen it when I opened some files. But the file I'm working on only shows up a few of them, and I can't find the rest. How do I load everything?

Right now, I can only see about 27 materials, and I also don't understand what was the criteria for these materials to show up instead of other, the materials are pretty random.

Thank you

Re: Load all Materials from the Autodesk Library

qnologi — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:37:22 GMT

found this...

Manually reinstall the material libraries by running the following MSI files:
(Installation Media)\Content\ADSKMaterials\20xx\CM\MaterialLibrary<version>.msi
(Installation Media)\Content\ADSKMaterials\20xx\ILB\BaseImageLibrary<version>.msi
(Installation Media)\Content\ADSKMaterials\20xx\ILL\LowImageLibrary<version>.msi
(Installation Media)\Content\ADSKMaterials\20xx\ILM\MediumImageLibrary<version>.msi
Note: If installing from a download, the installer will be in the C:\Autodesk folder.
After the installation, an error message and crash may occur after opening the Autodesk software product (and a file). In this case, run a repair for the product via Control Panel > Programs and Features.

Re: Load all Materials from the Autodesk Library

dmfrazier — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:43:17 GMT

It "sounds" like (maybe?) the material browser palette has a filter in effect, so that only a subset of the available materials is shown. Find these buttons in the upper-right corner of the palette:

Re: Load all Materials from the Autodesk Library

lois-pl — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:44:24 GMT

I checked that! filter is set to show all, and problem persists. But thanks anyway.

@qnologi

sorry I didn't understand your answer.

Re: Load all Materials from the Autodesk Library

dmfrazier — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:26:04 GMT

Can you show us a screenshot of the Materials Browser for each case (the good and the bad)?