Hi all,
I have a bunch of points, which I'm trying to apply a material to. However, if I use a material SOP it just does not work. I have to apply the material at the obj level. Is this normal or am I missing something? If this is normal behavior, then why not allow materials to be assigned to points at the SOP level?
I've attached a very simple scene showing this.

Thanks!

so what happens when you delete your light?

Yes…it turns out that it's handy if there's a light in the scene That's what i get for working late at night.
But one thing that is odd - if you apply the material on torus_object1 > Render > Material, then it does show up as a solid colour.
Is there a reason that these two material assignments act differently?

Not sure - could be a bug - can you submit it please. Thx!

Will do!

Submitted, ID=80976