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FSXA texture name change

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Following the tutorial for collada and mass texture editor, I can't seem to get the names of the textures to change without doing so manually.

What I did-

Import a dae file.
In object info I edit name and guid
Now top bar says this item is called mesh-myname (myname being the name I gave this object)
In mass texture editor I click on rename.
small window shows find and replace
In find it says 'texture'
In replace it says 'myname'
I click on update. The process begins.
I check on my destination folder. Inside that instead of myname_0, _1, _2, etc I see image_0, etc.

What did I do wrong?
If I change each texture name by hand it works fine.

BTW- If I see an object I got from collada- i.e. dae file and fine one of th ebuildings is off the ground just a bit- is there any way to correct this with MDX? One object I see has 3 or 4 buildings, one of which is off the ground.



Bob
 
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Sorry, never used that Rename button before. I just do it manually. I went to look for the Mass Texture Editor video tutorial but it has been removed.
 
Hi,

I found the way it works.

1. Enter the current name of the textures in the top box (i.e. replace "texture" with this name).

2. Enter the desired name of the textures in the bottom box (if myname is already there you don't need to change it).

3. Press the Replace button.

Hope this helps,
 
Thanx tom. The video tutorial is the one about converting collada files.... i.e. dae. Thanx- I'll do the replace thing. Bob
 
Hi Bob,

I think it might indeed how Tom mentioned. The find needs to match how the textures are called now. By default it is texture0, texture1, etc. But if your textures are now called different, you need to change the find part.
 
Hi,

As I understand it, the new versions of Sketchup don't change the filenames to texture0, etc., anymore when exporting a COLLADA file. Right?
 
Hi Tom,

Correct, the latest version does indeed do it differently. Although it also not seems to keep the original name all the time. That would mean there is less need to rename it afterwards.
 
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