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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Connect, Slab changes in SmartSolid when attaching material</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/110592/connect-slab-changes-in-smartsolid-when-attaching-material</link><description>When I attach a material to a slab, with different Variables attached to it, so I can change properties later, it changes to a smart solid. In this case the variables doesn&amp;#39;t work anymore. 
 Is this a bug / is there a work method where I can attach materials</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Connect, Slab changes in SmartSolid when attaching material</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/337294?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2015 09:20:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:c06335ff-aef2-4ddb-84df-e5cf254333b2</guid><dc:creator>Louis van Amerongen</dc:creator><description>Thanks Brien, you&amp;#39;re workaround works. You can see the result in the visualization community gallery.&lt;br /&gt;
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I hope you can see that materials per object is no solution. I think in most serious visualization work it isn&amp;#39;t.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Connect, Slab changes in SmartSolid when attaching material</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/337254?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:21:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:065e9805-bd9d-4aad-b04c-5d2b028d6b17</guid><dc:creator>Brien Bastings</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Attaching materials to individual faces (as opposed to the entire element) has to promote the Type 19 slab element to a SmartSolid, the simple primitive types can&amp;#39;t support per-face material attachments. So if you had just accepted the element without picking a face it would not have changed it to a SmartSolid.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;If you really do want per-face material attachments, if you create a shape profile and extrude it to create a Parametric solid, then as Marco suggested you won&amp;#39;t have this limitation. HTH&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; -B&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Connect, Slab changes in SmartSolid when attaching material</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/337193?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2015 10:04:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:3337c0e8-d758-40df-9894-f0463a1d315b</guid><dc:creator>Louis van Amerongen</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Marco,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes, I used a Seed file file from the delivered Connect Edition Workspace. In the movie attached to this message you can see the workflow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/273/Slab-_2D00_-smartsolid.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../Slab-_2D00_-smartsolid.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Connect, Slab changes in SmartSolid when attaching material</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/thread/337189?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2015 09:29:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1fc3ae0d-8f7c-41b8-ace3-a9ec81c7b231</guid><dc:creator>Marco Salino</dc:creator><description>Hello Louis,&lt;br /&gt;
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     I can&amp;#39;t reproduce your issue. I created a parametric slab, using the &amp;quot;slab&amp;quot; feature tool, then assigned variables to its Height, Length and Width via the properties dialog and then attached a material to it.  The solid remained a parametric slab.&lt;br /&gt;
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Have I missed any steps? Did you incur in this issue in a new file created with CONNECT Edition&amp;#39;seed file?&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>