That didn't exactly work...

But I did figure something out, so perhaps there's a bug in the 5.1 drag and drop feature. Perhaps this info could be the basis for a mini-tut somewhere...
Also, I'm writing it down now in case I forget or someone else needs this info.

Here's how I fixed it:

1. Import the model you want to have made ready for Carrara (5.1)
2. Setup the model for everything but materials. (Because the shaders get lost if there's more than one material zone. And no, opening the .obj as vertex doesn't fix that.)
3. Then drag and drop to the object browser.
4. Close up that window.
5. Now double click the object browser image of the model. This will open up the model as a scene.
6. Now is the time to setup the materials for the model.
7. When done with the materials, pick the whole entire model. Group that. (So you have Group>Model Name>All the parts of the model.)
8. Set the scene ambient light to 45%, and the background to color, keep the default gray.
9. Go to render settings, and check skylight.
10. Now back in the staging mode, make sure just the group containing the model is selected.
11. Then file and Export. It will want to save as "Group". Change that to your model name. Make the pre-render image and compress options checked. Add your model description too.
12. Refresh the browser folder, and your model should show up provided it's saved where your "My objects" directory is. Should be drag-n-drop ready for later use!

How I figured this out? Not sure, I guess I'm friggin' persistent when I want something to just simply work. :glare:

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