3ds Max - Material Instances

Posted by:Mark Green | 19. January 2010 | Filed under: 3ds Max, Rendering, Tutorials
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Software: 3DS Max 2010

Description: Solution to an issue with Instancing Materials in MAX 2010.

[Some of you may have run into this, many of you have likely already resolved it. This post is for the latter group. Enjoy.]

Issue: You create an instance of an object, apply a material, and by default, MAX 2010 instances the material to all objects rather than just the particular element you have selected.

Solution: Material Editor > Options > Propagate Materials to Instances (Uncheck, unless you are intending to have all instances have the same material)

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This one has been bugging me for some time but I just got around to looking it up. Enjoy!

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4 Comments »

  1. Efans
    January 20, 2010 @ 9:18 pm

    Thanks, I have been Puzzled for long time!

  2. Aaron
    February 1, 2010 @ 10:31 am

    I’m looking to do a similar function in Revit. Do you know if this is possible there too? I often lose the materials mapped in my template to components, etc. Thanks.

  3. eoin
    February 10, 2010 @ 8:17 am

    applies to references also (not only instances)

  4. Ramy Hanna
    February 17, 2010 @ 6:34 pm

    Great tip!

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