A while ago I thought I saw in a tutorial the ability to merger materials from another scene without merging the geometry. I have dug around a bit but can't figure out how to do this, or if it's even possible.
Max 2014 (SP2)
Win 7 64-bit; Dual Xeon E5-2687W @ 3.10 GHz; 64 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570; Quadro 4000
When I merge geometry into a scene that is already using the same materials, it prompts me what I want to do. I always select "Use scene materials"...however, whenever I look at the slate, it shows duplicates all over the place. To keep mat library optimized becomes a task when you are dealing with a lot of materials.
Why does MAX not listen to me when I tell it to use the scene materials that have matching names?
Max 2014 (SP2)
Win 7 64-bit; Dual Xeon E5-2687W @ 3.10 GHz; 64 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570; Quadro 4000
I do have a scene with CAD data in it, some of it is collapsed to poly some of it is left as mesh. Now i want to import this data to a scene with a different scale. When doing so, some parts of the object become very large while others shrink to minimum. Only a few parts stay at the correct position. These follwing steps I tried to correct the problem:
- Linking everything to a Helper = FAIL
- Attaching everything to one Object = NOT AN OPTION
- Collapsing everything to Poly or Mesh = Fail
- Grouping = FAIL
Is there anything else i could try to get this dam file merged? Like a Pivot Point Reset to World? Match Scale Pivot Reset...
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