quizzy Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Just added a new maxscript on my website: Open Material libraries from Directory. Select a path where all you material files are. Click the pull-down menu and select a material library, it will automatically load in the material browser. This is a macroscript, after running the script you will find it in the "3idee Tools" category. Check out the script section on my website to download the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) Nifty little script. Since I do this a lot when assigning materials, this is very convenient. Maybe dockable in the future, so you can only see the dropdown box that shows the libraries ? And a more or less bigger problem: I can not read the matlib names in the dropdown list because the complete path is shown. Of course I can move these, but then they are not backup automatically ... Edited January 29, 2009 by Trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 ahum.. yes, I thought I had long path names... but yours are bigger than mine... let me try and get that fixed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I just put the libraries a bit higher in the directory structure and made an extra backup routine for as long as it takes. It's so convenient that I don't want to miss it anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 dont worry, I just updated the script....: The dropdownlist now only shows the filenames instead of path + filenames. This to acoomodate people who have even longer paths than I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Change your nick to Speedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 oh, what a very very useful script! thanx for sharing Michiel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share Posted January 29, 2009 thanks adriaan, it is a "I should have programmed this one a long time ago cause going to some obscure path on my server takes too long"-script btw, it also saves the position and the last path used in an .ini file in the plugcfg file located somewhere very deep in the documents and settings path... ow and there might be a little hickup if you cancel the selection of the path. the button with the U! is an update button. So if you are in max and copy, rename or delete some of those files it updates the mat lib names and adds them if you've copied some in the file path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dwannab Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Thanks for this, will you still be developing it as its very usefull, ie the doking capablity like mentioned above. Even an options box to set a default directory. Do you know if it possible to preview the .mat directly from your script and then be able to drag to object or material edt. Thanks once again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Twyman Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Hey Quizzy, Thank you for this. You have just made using material libraries much more fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasteland giant Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 gonna try this! I wish I could maxscript. Thanks for the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danb4026 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Thanks for the script. I cannot get it to work. Is there a problem with Max 2010? Installed the MS and saved it to a tool bar. UI comes up, but nothing happens to load the Material editor when I hit the "U" button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Thanks for the script. I cannot get it to work. Is there a problem with Max 2010? Installed the MS and saved it to a tool bar. UI comes up, but nothing happens to load the Material editor when I hit the "U" button. first press the set material path button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangelder Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi Michiel, A really nifty script. But i also have the problem the the material/map browser doesn't show up when i select a matlib. I tried this in max 2009. best regards, Joost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi Michiel, A really nifty script. But i also have the problem the the material/map browser doesn't show up when i select a matlib. I tried this in max 2009. best regards, Joost that is exactly how it should be. You have to manual open the material browser. Come to think about it, maybe it would be a cool addition to my script. I'll have a look, not very soon though, cause tomorrow is Animago time!! yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I have to admit that I've downloaded and did the installation thingy and get the GUI control panel, but am a bit lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Its a very handy script as it will list all the different matlibs in a given folder and thus you can just load up which ever matlib you want. Say you've got a RAL matlib, Wood matlib, metals matlib, you can just load it up with minimum clicks. auto open of the material explorer dialog would be a nice addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 hmmmm... one of my not-so-user-friendly scripts perhaps? its actually very straight forward (so I thought) Lets say you have a directory somewhere on your server that holds your .mat files. - press the top button (get material path) - select the path (it does not support subdirectories) - select the material library from the pulldown menu. - open the material browser, and voila.. there is the material library loaded in the mat browser. - if you are in the middle of a max-session, and someone copied another material library in the same path location, simply click on the U-button so the list updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koper Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Quizzy, I updated the script for you here it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangelder Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi Koper, Superb! Script master... And off course many thanks to Michiel!!! I am adopting this one in my wokflow. Better organisation and 1 click less hassle. best regads, Joost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Thanks for the walk-thru - I'll download the new version and give it a whirl tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangelder Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) Any possibility on making it dockable? Cheers, Joost Edited November 3, 2009 by tangelder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I got around to downloading the new script and re-reading the instructions and... it works great! I have now included it in my folder of "Must Have Scripts and Plug-ins"! Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizzy Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 no probs joel, have fun with it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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