Missing Materials From Materials Panel

[ethanfox]

I have seen multiple posts about this with no real answer - So here we go again…

When using the Materials Panel materials disappear constantly only to reappear then disappear again at random. How am I supposed to work if this keeps happening? This is professional software right?

There’s no way this is a feature and if it is then there needs to be a way to turn it off.

Materials disappear from Materials Window

Hi. I am using SU Pro 18.1.1180 on Mac Mojave 10.14.1. Intermittently, I have a problem where a material in my model is not shown in the material window. I have a complex model with many different components that have the same material, which was imported as a texture in a jpg file (this is the case for several different materials). While building the model (a complex bathroom), I used the materials on many different components, which were created and not always copied from a previously desi…

[endlessfix]

Can you share a screen shot or attach a .skp file in which this is happening. I do not experience materials disappearing, I expect we can find a reason this is happening to you.

[Box]

A link to some of these multiple posts might help define the problem too.