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Material Browser: Document Materials Problem

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:34:43 GMT

Why can't I access materials that are in the document?

I can select them from the dropdowns, but can't modify them through the Material Browser consistently.

Re: Material Browser: Document Materials Problem

Frederick_Law — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:42:51 GMT

The drop down include all library material.

You need to copy the material you want to change to the document first.

Re: Material Browser: Document Materials Problem

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:24:12 GMT

It was in the Document browser when I created them originally and now are missing

Re: Material Browser: Document Materials Problem

Frederick_Law — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:59:17 GMT

Was it in another "document"?

Material in document stay with the document.

You wont' find them in another document.

You need to save it in a material library to use in other document.

Re: Material Browser: Document Materials Problem

johnsonshiue — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 22:34:32 GMT

Hi! There seems to be something wrong. Try this. Close Inventor and restart it. Open the part. Go to Manage -> Styles -> Purge. Do those styles show up on the list of Purge?

Many thanks!

Re: Material Browser: Document Materials Problem

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 13:24:43 GMT

Restarted and checked Purge.

All materials visible there, still not in Material Broswer.

Re: Material Browser: Document Materials Problem

johnsonshiue — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 22:47:02 GMT

Hi! It looks like the styles are corrupted unfortunately. Please share the ipt file here. The behavior does not sound right.

Many thanks!

Re: Material Browser: Document Materials Problem

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:38:39 GMT

Here's the file.

Re: Material Browser: Document Materials Problem

johnsonshiue — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 23:39:13 GMT

Hi Scott,

I am not able to reproduce the behavior. The long list of material styles is shown properly. I tried it on 2020.1.1 and also incoming 2020.2. I notice that you are still on 2020 RTM build. Please install 2020.1 update followed by 2020.1.1 update.

Many thanks!