Bug with Rename Material.

[sergeympopov212]

Hello. A trouble is when you create a new material, assign it on object and then rename it and common material attributes stop working.

[john.paul.giancarlo · Accepted solution]

yep since is just color it should work, I will report this one , anyways all you need to do to make it work again is to turn on textures in the viewport by hitting the 6 key or directly in the viewport icon.

see image below

Thank you for this

[mspeer]

Hi!

This is a new bug in Maya 2018.

Please report this problem (bug?) to Autodesk.
Help -> Speak Back -> Report a Problem

[damaggio]

Is this also present on windows 7?... sounds like a nightmare bug 

if you can't name shaders.

[mspeer]

Hi!

"Is this also present on windows 7?"

Yes.

[damaggio]

Forgot to ask about other shaders like Vray and Arnold .same thing ?... and that does not happened when textures are controlling the shader?

[sergeympopov212]

Yes same thing with arnold. I don't test it on v-ray and mantal ray.

[damaggio]

Okay thanks

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

While @john.paul.giancarlo helps only for textured view, saving and re-loading the scene seems to remove the problem completely (until you re-name again)

[Anonymous]

Was this ever addressed? I am encountering the same problem on the latest update of Maya 2018. I just submitted a bug.

The solution proposed by @john.paul.giancarlo does not work when I rename the material when already in Textured mode. If I rename the material in Textured mode, occasionally the material will work again if I switch to Smooth Shaded mode, and vice versa.

This is a huge problem for my workflow because it my workflow involves naming my materials, haha.

[Anonymous]

For anyone searching for a practical workaround to this problem:

Pausing, then unpausing the viewport fixes the problem. You still have to do it after every time you rename a material, but it works until they actually fix the bug.

You can put this as a shelf button:

ogs -pause;
ogs -pause;

[Anonymous]

Thanks for an actual fix! 

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@Anonymous wrote:

For anyone searching for a practical workaround to this problem:

Pausing, then unpausing the viewport fixes the problem. You still have to do it after every time you rename a material, but it works until they actually fix the bug.

You can put this as a shelf button:

ogs -pause;
ogs -pause;

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[Anonymous]

Great help Garrett Stevens,

Due to my data down limitations (COVID lockdown) I cannot download the complete new version now. This fix has helped me a lot to continue working with the 2018 version with bug.

For others who do not want to use shelf buttons. In the picture below I have marked the pause/unpause button for the view-port.