Auto Apply Materials?

[Guest 2PMVisuals]

Hi All,

 

If i bring a .3ds object made in other software but with material names correctly set on the object, is there a way (plugin maybe?) to get Max to automatically apply materials from its material library to the .3ds object based on the names of the materials?

 

This would save a lot of time each time a new or updated .3ds is brought in.

 

Thanks. MB

[datacrasher]

You could use Deep Exploration from right hemisphere link:http://www.righthemisphere.com/products/dexp/ this will bring any material in from another software that you assign but to your question you cannot get max to automatically assign the material that i know of!

 

Tony

[Fernando Lino]

in max there is an icon to do that, It's under materials, "update materials from library"

both name materials have to have the same name. I use it all the time when I import stuff from SketchUp

 

Fernando

[notamondayfan]

There was a very recent thread over at CGtalk in the 3Ds Max, Scripts forum which sounds very similar to what you are trying to do.