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jason-slab
03-01-2002, 09:04 AM
hi

i've got this farly complex building that i'm trying to use in a scene, but it only displays as a box and renders as nothing :(
the building is grouped, could this be the problem?

i've tried xref another object that is a single mesh and that works
igor_BSC
03-01-2002, 01:48 PM
grouped objects usually have an extra bounding box but should not display as a box only. Maybe you have accidently hit a shortcut that makes it display as a box. Rightclick on the building and click on "properties". In the properties dialogue make sure that "display as box" is not checked. Also check if your problem could be dealing with the "degradation override"-button.
toonman
03-02-2002, 07:37 AM
The problem is that object xrefs only work on single-mesh objects. If you want to xref several objects, you need to use a xref scene. Then it'll work. Cheers!
igor_BSC
03-02-2002, 11:52 AM
Errr, yes, exactly,... i knew that too, donīt think that i didnīt know that... of course, xref scene.... Next thing i would have said, if all other had failed;)
jason-slab
03-02-2002, 02:34 PM
xref scene u say, well that is more like a template freature, u can't edit the file, so i can't duplicate the "building " if i do it that way, and i need to duplicate it quite a few times

any other suggestions, this object"building" is just to complex for my machine to handle, maybe i should clone and hide
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