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Material copy
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:51 am
by jscottsmith
Is there a way to duplicate an Octane material in the SketchUp plugin? Seems pretty basic, but I can't find it.
Re: Material copy
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:07 pm
by fuzzybro
Hi jscottsmith,
This feature is on the roadmap, I plan to implement it with "Ctrl-C", "Ctrl-V" keys.
Cheers
Re: Material copy
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:24 pm
by jscottsmith
Cool. Thanks.
Re: Material copy
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:33 pm
by Seekerfinder
Hi jscottsmith,
I'm wondering what's your use-case? I usually download a LiveDB material and then tweak it a bit. When I need a similar material - say in a different colour - I just download that same material again since the plugin allows for duplicate downloads, and tweak away. But for materials already refined just needing a slight alteration, copy & paste would be a great feature.
Best,
Seeker
Re: Material copy
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:52 pm
by jscottsmith
It's the last case you described. Say I have defined a nice trim paint material and want to make another with only the color changing. Or, maybe I just want to add displacement to turn it into lap siding, but nothing else is different.
Re: Material copy
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:36 pm
by Seekerfinder
jscottsmith wrote:It's the last case you described. Say I have defined a nice trim paint material and want to make another with only the color changing. Or, maybe I just want to add displacement to turn it into lap siding, but nothing else is different.
Well, if they were liveDB materials, you just download again, rename and tweak away. If created from SU, different story.
Best,
Seeker
Re: Material copy
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:52 pm
by jscottsmith
True. In this case however, I had already tweaked the downloaded material and would rather not have to write down all the parameters. Also, the issue I reported
here prevents me from downloading from LiveDB.
Re: Material copy
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:05 pm
by Seekerfinder
jscottsmith wrote:True. In this case however, I had already tweaked the downloaded material and would rather not have to write down all the parameters. Also, the issue I reported
here prevents me from downloading from LiveDB.
Ah. We'll have to wait for Fuzzy's copy & paste then.
Best,
Seeker