Hello,
I just wanted to voice an objection to the change in the way Materials are handled when assigning sub-objects. As a result of the latest update (Version 7 (7.21.22208.13002, 2022-07-27)), now when I apply a Material to Sub-Object, my materials palette gets cluttered up by the automatically added ‘Custom’ materials. This is not desirable and I would like it to behave how it did before the recent update (ie: it did not fill up the Marerials with ‘Custom’ materials every time I make an assignment.)
Scenario:
Multiple closed polysurfaces, with sub-faces. Assign materials to certain faces:
create a single Material and assign it:
a new ‘Custom’ Material is created for each Brep:
This happens every time an assignment is made, adding a huge number of ‘Custom’ materials to the set. Add new brep, assign material, get a new ‘Custom’ material:
This is not a good change and needlessly adds duplicate materials to the file, making material management hard (and confusing). I would prefer if it did not do this, and instead operated like it did before this recent update (where it did not add these extra materials all the time). I use this technique quite often, so I know it worked fine a week or two ago.
Environment:
- Macbook 2021, Apple M1 Max
- OS 12.5.1 (Monterey)
- Rhino Version 7 (7.21.22208.13002, 2022-07-27)))
Thank you very much,
-Ed
@ed.p.may
