I just downloaded some fantastic material files from Luxology Share Assets site but I’m having trouble getting the tire treads to work in PV360. If I simply copy the material folder into the material library as the tutorial explains, I usually crash when trying to apply it to a part. Then I tried copying just the .lxp file and it stopped crashing but didn’t show the material either. Anyone have experience with this?
Also… I had another downloaded material work fine, just the tire tread currently not working.
Ben 10:11 am on March 19, 2010 Permalink
Seems you have stumped us. I am not a PhotoView guy but maybe if you contact Rob Rodriguez at his site http://robrodriguez.com/wordpress/ he may be able to help. I will see about getting him over here to help out…
RobRodriguez 10:35 am on March 19, 2010 Permalink
This is a tricky one
PhotoView crashes on certain LXO materials downloaded from the Luxology site because it can’t the files it needs. In your case it can’t find the texture files for the tread. PhotoView can’t find the files because the materials downloaded from the Luxology site are set up for a modo file structure. In order to make this work you have to duplicate the modo file structure.
The LXO file should be placed in install drive:/program files/SolidWorks/PhotoView 360/resrc/presets/materials. I like to make my own folder in the materials folder for my downloaded materials.
Now create this folder structure
install folder:/Program Files/Luxology/modo/content/Assets/Images/AssetSharing/Materials
Now copy the downloaded material texture files (or folders with the texture files) into the materials folder you created (last one in the string).
PV360 should now be able to find the texture files and use them.
Note: Some materials work better than others. PV360 has a very limited subset of the settings modo has. Once you’ve applied your downloaded material PV360 may not have enough controls available to adjust your material so it appears correctly. ie, the tire tread may apply in PV360 now that the work above has been done but you may not be able to scale, map and locate it correctly on your geometry.
The circular brushed texture on this guitar is from the asset sharing site and it happened to work great
http://files.solidworks.com/InternalMarketing/PressRoom/Consumer/Fender%20Flames%20FINAL.jpg
ivanl 12:51 pm on March 19, 2010 Permalink
Thanks Ben, Rob… I tried what you said and put the downloaded materials into the following:
C:\Program Files\Luxology\modo\content\Assets\Images\AssetSharing\Materials
Nothing new shows up though in PV360 appearances window. It doesn’t find anything… I put 3 different materials in there.
Yes, I’ve found very limited control which is definitely frustrating. But I’ve been hearing that will all be fixed come 2011 eh? Looking forward to it.
RobRodriguez 12:55 pm on March 19, 2010 Permalink
When you say “nothing new shows up in the appearances window” you mean there isn’t a new material added or you mean the new material is there but still doesn’t apply the tire tread?
Are you on a 32 or 64 bit OS?
ivanl 1:02 pm on March 19, 2010 Permalink
Yeah, sorry… there is no new material added. I’m assuming it would show a new folder/category in the top level of appearances, but nothing there. Running 32 bit XP Pro.
RobRodriguez 1:06 pm on March 19, 2010 Permalink
In this folder
install drive:/program files/SolidWorks/PhotoView 360/resrc/presets/materials.
Create a new folder called Assets (you can really name it anything) and add the lxo file only from the downloaded asset folder. If you open the appearance pallete in PV360 you should have a new folder named “assests” with a thumbnail for a material “tire tread”
ivanl 1:26 pm on March 19, 2010 Permalink
Ok, added only the .lxp file to install drive:/program files/SolidWorks/PhotoView 360/resrc/presets/materials.
Materials show up in appearances palette like you say, but when I pull them over to the model it doesn’t apply the material at all.
Do I need to do anything with other files that download with it? There’s usually a subfolder with bump or displacement images and I’ve tried it with or without those extra files, no difference, still don’t work.
RobRodriguez 1:32 pm on March 19, 2010 Permalink
The other files (folders) in the download should be put in the this location.
install folder:/Program Files/Luxology/modo/content/Assets/Images/AssetSharing/Materials
If the tire tread doesn’t work try some different downloaded files that have textures (like the circular brushed steel). If those work then it just may be the tire tread material is too complicated for PV360.
ivanl 1:55 pm on March 19, 2010 Permalink
Still nothing. I’ve placed texture files/folders into that ‘luxology’ path, and .lxp files into the ’solidworks/photoview 360′ path and it doesn’t work. Not the tire tread, or several others like circular brushed steel, pebbles, glowing wireframe.
The only constant I’ve found is that materials with no texture files work great, like honey-light, and orange skin.
What is the following path for? I even tried placing texture files into an asset folder under here but it didn’t help… C:\Program Files\SolidWorks Corp\PhotoView 360\resrc\presets\images
edit: running SW2010 SP2.0