file link realod maps and etc

[EricCamper]

when I reload an updated dwg file into Max 9, the materials that I already have mapped go away!! Under advanced, there are two options:

Use scene material definitions and Use scene material assignments on Reload.

I have tried all the combinations. Any suggestions.

Thanx

[dlparisi]

For me the "Use scene material assignments on Reload" did the trick so I'm not sure what's happening. Is it the same CAD file or is it a new one supplied by the client, wblocked out, xreffed etc?

[DanielBrew]

Hi,

There used to be a bug which caused materials to be reset if the AutoCAD file had XRefs attached to it.

A workaround is to uncheck 'include external references' in the presets part of the file link manager and filelink to the XRefs as well your initial drawing.

Dan

[jhiler]

If this is coming from Revit and the objected get deleted and recreated that it loses its definition in the linked file and a new definition gets created so that the material you had applied to a door previously doesn't know where to assign itself. If it is ADT, I assume there is something similar about deleting and recereating. If you are moving objects around I would think this should work, but who knows. I had problems with File Link early on and have steered away from it for a while.