Materials and lights in Revit 2011 FBX file not visible in 2010 applications

Materials and lights in Revit 2011 FBX file not visible in 2010 applications

Published date: 2010-Mar-24
ID: TS14633229
Applies to:
Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2011
Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2011
Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2011
Issue

After you export an FBX file from Revit® 2011 products the materials, textures and lights are not visible if opened in a 2010 product.
Solution

Revit 2011 products use mental ray® Protein 2.0 appearances. Revit 2010 products use mental ray Protein 1.0 appearances. Materials, textures and lights will not be visible unless opened in a compatible 2011 product.

For example if the FBX file created from Revit 2011 is opened in Autodesk 3ds Max® 2010 the materials, textures and lights will not be visible. The FBX file would need to be opened in Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 to view the materials, textures and lights.

Keep people from changing desktop active desktop configuration NoActiveDesktopChanges

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\ Explorer\NoActiveDesktopChanges
The HKLM\...\NoActiveDesktopChanges registry key above determines
whether or not the users of the machine have the ability to change
their active desktop configuration. There are a large number of
trojans and malware that change that registry entry to "1" in order to
prevent users from removing the displayed content within the active
desktop. You can also set this to 1 to prevent users from changing
their wallpaper, for instance. It is not necessarily an indication
that you are compromised, but by default user are allowed to change
their active desktop settings. The Malwarebytes program flagged the
registry entry because it is more often than not an indication that
malware may be present. If you are comfortable with the appearance
and functioning of your Windows desktop, and don't plan on allowing
other users to change the desktop settings, then leave the registry
entry set to 1, otherwise set it to zero or allow Malwarebytes to do
it for you.

Disable Autoplay - Mouse flickers in some programs

Disable Autoplay
Some symptoms that autoplay is causing problems. Computer has unusual activity. Mouse flickers in some programs. Pull down menus drop and close or you can't pull them down.

click Start -> Run -> type "msconfig" -> click services tab. Uncheck Shell Hardware Detection.
OR
Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance-> Administrative Tools-> Services->ShellHardwareDetection & WIA
Right click to stop and right click again and change automatic to disable.

Adobe Photoshop Freezes Stops working

Adobe Photoshop Freezes.
Quit Photoshop.

Rename the prefs.psp file to pref.old. I will have different names in different versions of Photoshop.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Adobe Photoshop CS4 Settings\Adobe Photoshop X64 CS4 Prefs.psp

Start PhotoShop, a new psp file will be created.

Network or router problems not working

Network or router problems.
The first thing to try is:
Start-run
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
Check connection

Shut off router. If you have a cable box, find the reset button on the back and reset the modem.Turn on the modem and router.

How to remove Startup programs.

How to remove Startup programs.

click Start -> Run -> type "msconfig" -> go to startup tab and uncheck programs

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/08/22/how-to-remove-startup-programs.html

Start Menu
%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
%allusersprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Registry Keys
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Run
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows

Run once registry keys
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Start, then Run, type Msconfig.exe, click OK, and select the Startup tab

click Start -> Run -> type "msconfig" -> go to startup tab and uncheck programs

My DVD player stopped working

My DVD player stopped working.
delete registry keys UpperFilters and LowerFilters.

Backup registry. Create a restore point, click on the start menu and select run. Type in regedit and press Enter. On the left hand side, you should see a bunch of folders. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class in the Registry Editor dialog box and select the {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} key, which appears as a folder. There will be many similar folders by that name, so make sure you select the exact folder as you see listed above. You should see a bunch of registry keys in the folder which will be listed in the right hand window. The two that are of particular interest to us are the LowerFilters and UpperFilters keys. Select each of them one at a time and then select Edit > Delete and press Yes to confirm. DO NOT delete any other registry keys other than the UpperFilters and LowerFilters entries. Now close out of regedit and restart windows. With any luck, you should now be able to see your CD drives in windows once again.