Member nwitchell Posted September 23, 2016 Member Report Share Posted September 23, 2016 Hi all, I'm really enjoying the smart materials, but I keep running into a snag. When I initially open 3DC and start working, selecting a smart material brings up the preview options at the top as well as a twirl down preview window to see the material applied to my model - sounds normal right? This works great, but if I inadvertently close the preview options (which also closes the preview window) then select another smart material, the options pop back up, but I can't for the life of me get the preview window to come back! I've looked at and clicked on everything I can think of to figure out the trick, but the best I could do was to get it to return when I open the smart material editor. Better than nothing, but it only stays as long as the window is open, and I have to close/reopen the editor if I want to try another material, which can get pretty tedious. Any ideas on how to call that preview window back permanently? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member nwitchell Posted October 5, 2016 Author Member Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 I figured out what my mistake was. When I would select a smart material to bring up the preview, I didn't always have the brush as the active tool. If I had any tool but the brush selected, the preview wouldn't show. As soon as I switched back to the brush, my preview window would instantly pop back on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Hammers Posted October 31, 2021 Advanced Member Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 This is still an issue as of 4.92. It really doesn't make sense that the preview doesn't work with say the fill tool selected at first. I had to hunt till i found this solution. So thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 Are you using MAC ow Win version ? Version 4.9 reached its end of life and is surpassed by the version 2021. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Hammers Posted November 1, 2021 Advanced Member Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 I'm on Mac, and 4.9 lives on! At least until I can afford to upgrade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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