Honeyboo Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Can anyone help? I have tried to assign materials to an object but each time I load a particular material in the Materials Editor the 'assign to selection' button is disabled. Can anyone kindly explain what I have to do to sort this out. I have done everything but there must be something really simple that I have missed and it is driving me mad! Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubreyM Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'm not sure I understand your problem. Are you having this issue with just the one material in particular or is it any material you try to assign to one particular object? If it's a material , what kind? If it's the object what is it imported, xref etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeyboo Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 If I just colour the 'ball' it is fine and it works however if I choose a material from the library it does not work. I have not used an xref it is purely from the library. As soon as I choose a material I then click on it and when the 'ball' has it the 'assign to selection' button is then disabled. Many thanks for your proposed help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubreyM Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Do you mean a bitmap? You can't assign a bitmap directly to an object it has to be part of a material. If that is not the problem then what library do you mean, what specific material are you trying to use from the library? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeyboo Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Now I understand - I have no materials in the library so therefore I have to make the materials. I am teaching myself 3ds Max and it did not expand on this fact in the book or dvd. I will have to make the materials. Big thanks you really have helped me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacrasher Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 here is a printscreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeyboo Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thanks for your link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeyboo Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 This is really a learning curve. I have now located the disc which has the material files and I have tried to import without much success. Do you have any ideas how to facilitate this? After this I think I would have cracked it! Thanks again in advance for your invaluable advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubreyM Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 If you are talking about Material Libraries they have a .mat file extension. In the material editor click on the Get Material button. When the material/map browser opens up click on the black down arrow at the top and from the menu choose Open material library. Then you can choose the .mat file to load. when it is done the materials from the library will appear and you can then load them into the material editor. If in the other hand whan you say "material files" you mean textures (.bmp.jpg, .tif etc.) then you need to create the material to use it. Select an empty slot in the material editor and beside Diffuse click the little button. Select the texture file that you want and click ok. Then you can apply that material to the object. The help file in 3DS Max is really good and you will find a lot of information in it many times with examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeyboo Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 It works! Thanks so much for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubreyM Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 You are welcome. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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