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Can't find Surface Painter

Geof Gainer
Booster
In AC 19 I can't find the "Surface Painter" palette. I've got all "Legacy" items unchecked in Project Pref's, and am in the 3D window, but no Surface Painter shows up greyed or otherwise, under either Window>Palettes or Documents>Creative Imaging. Any ideas?
AC fan since v 7. Currently on AC 26 Build 5003 USA FULL Apple Silicon,. 2022 Mac Studio, 32G ram. OS X 12.6.2
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
If you are using a custom Work Environment from an older version then you may have to add the command to your menus manually.
Or just chose a standard 19 Work Environment.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
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Geof Gainer
Booster
Thanks Barry--how do I do that? In Work Environment > Menus > All Commands in Alphabetical Order there's no Surface Painter. It doesn't show up with WEP Standard Profile 19 either.
AC fan since v 7. Currently on AC 26 Build 5003 USA FULL Apple Silicon,. 2022 Mac Studio, 32G ram. OS X 12.6.2
Barry Kelly
Moderator
Geof wrote:
Thanks Barry--how do I do that? In Work Environment > Menus > All Commands in Alphabetical Order there's no Surface Painter. It doesn't show up with WEP Standard Profile 19 either.
It is called "Show/Hide Surface Painter" just to make it harder to find.
And its default location is in the WINDOWS > PALETTES menu.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Barry Kelly
Moderator
And it will only become active in the 3D window.
In the plan the option will be greyed out.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Try enabling the "Standard" toolbar. (Right-click in the toolbar area.) The surface painter is at the far right end, and looks like a paintbrush with some trailing dots.
Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
AC26 (since AC6.0), Win10
Geof Gainer
Booster
Ohhhh--"show/hide". Thanks.
AC fan since v 7. Currently on AC 26 Build 5003 USA FULL Apple Silicon,. 2022 Mac Studio, 32G ram. OS X 12.6.2