Rhino8 Material Library Missing

Rendering
1

When I go to Import from the Material Library on my new Rhino 8 Installation, there’s nothing in the folder except for a folder called Textures.

2

Hi David -

Have you tried repairing the installation from the Windows Control Panel?
Apart from that, you could probably try the DownloadLibraryTextures command.
-wim

3

Thanks Wim, but repairing (and restarting) did not put anything in that folder, and running DownloadLibraryTextures had no effect but gave this CLI response: Unpacked textures for 0 render content files

4

I am having the same issue. I have tried the same suggestions of repair install and DownloadLibraryTextures with the same result. Is there Material Library content available somewhere to download?

5

Hi Drew -

I created a ticket for this issue:
→ RH-96245 Rendering: Materials: No Materials Available
-wim

6

For other reasons, I reverted to R7 last fall not long after reporting this, but I am about to use R8 again. Does this bug mean that the Rhino materials library has been inaccessible to R8 since then and continues to be?

7

Hi David -

Not generally, no.
As far as I can tell, only you and Drew have reported a problem with this.
-wim

8

Can you help me restore my materials in Rhino 8?

9

Hi David -

I asked internally back in September and I’ve asked again now. Hopefully somebody knows…
-wim

11

@djhg - Have you recently tried Rhino 8 to make sure that the folder(s) in the render content are still empty?

@Drew3 - Can you confirm that “the same issue” is that those folders, when checked in Window Explorer, are empty?

Both, could you try the Rhino 9 WIP? Apparently, folder handling works somewhat differently in this version and it’s possible that the content is being generated when installed.
-wim