archigrafix wrote:Experimenting with obj files I have noticed the following:
when creating new geometry but usin materials that already are defined in Octane, no problem the update of the obj file is OK in Octane. But as soon as I create an new material in the obj file then Octane will ignore it in the reloading of this obj file. For now the only solution is going with a new file an load the obj again. Then material are Ok but, of course, I've lost al my previous material work in Octane..!
Hi,
We have a special relinking mechanism for this.
Don't change OBJ files.
What you do is the following:
- you export to a new OBJ file (don't overwrite the old one)
- in octane, click on the meshnode of the OBJ file, then scroll all the way down in the node inspector to the right, and click the relink button.
- octane will replace the geometry with the geometry in the new OBJ file you chose, and the materials will stay intact / connected via names, and the new ones are added.
when changing OBJ files outside octane without the relinking mechanism, you will run into problems.
Radiance