3ds Max 2012 compact material editor

[CEJ1976]

Hi,

 

I am currently testing out 3ds max 2012 having made the step from 2009. However, I can't seem to find the option within the compact material editor that allows me to merge materials directly from other scenes?

 

Can anyone help?

 

Thanks.

[datacrasher]

Ciaran

You should not need to compact the material once you merge an object into your scene max will take the textures too

[CEJ1976]

Thanks, yes materials come across fine when you merge geometry. However, there used to be an option to just merge the material directly from a scene without having to select a piece of geometry?? Any ideas?

[Ricardo Eloy]

Click the Get Material button on the Compact Editor and, in the Material/Map Browser, click the "eject" button on the left of the Search by Name field.

[CEJ1976]

Rick,

 

Thanks for helping out.

 

I don't seem to have the 'eject' option in my material/map browser though when in compact mode?

 

Attached is a grab of what I see.

 

Cheers.

[Jan]

He's talking about the "inverted eject" in your screen grab. In this menu, select "open material library" and use *.max as file type. You can open any max scene only for extract materials in this way.

[CEJ1976]

Thanks Jan, thats brilliant (knew it had to be there somewhere).

 

Cheers.