RT doesn't update materials when applied to layers

V-Ray V-Ray for Rhino Issues
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I generally work with materials applied to layers, and objects getting materials from the layers (rather than applying the materials directly to the objects). RT doesn’t seem to update materials this way though. Known issue?

thx!

2

Hello fooprobe-

This issue was reported and resolved a few months ago. Are you using the latest version of V-Ray 1.5 for Rhino which would be 1.50.221?

Best regards,
Corey

3

ARRRRRRGH. No. I’m in an academic environment and the IT guys have 1.50.21656 installed. We’ve had a very buggy experience so far, though it’s settled down a bit, but I bet this is why.

Thank you for your patience!

-emil

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ok, so i’ve updated my personal copy to the latest build. i get the following behaviour:

when I change the material by right clicking in the material editor and assigning the material to a layer, RT updates.
when I assign the material using the rhino layers window (click on the material next to the rhino layer), it does NOTupdate - EXCEPT the very first time i switch from a rhino basic material to a plugin (vray) material. any further changes through the layers window do not update.

is this the expected behaviour?

thanks!

5

Hello fooprobe,

We’ve reproduced this issue in our environment , and we’ve already reported it to our developers team.
We will inform you as soon as the issue is solved.
Thank you very much for your feedback.

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Thank you!