why is vray material bitmap not showing in viewport?

[Anonymous]

i created a simple scene with a box, set renter to vray, create a vraymtl, give it a horrible purple diffuse color and assign to box, and works as expected

then i attach diffuse to a bitmap, set real world off and the material preview looks as expected

but the box is still purple, any idea how to get the bitmap to show in the viewport? i added a uvw map also but that did nothing

i also turned off the real-world map size in the box, nothing 

thanks

[10DSpace · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 

Click on "Show Shaded Material in Viewport" which is the 8th Icon from the left of the Material Editor toolbar.

[Anonymous]

OMG, how did i miss that! thanks