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Dec 18, 2013
I'm trying to edit some material properties before rendering. But suddenly, I can no longer open up the Material Edit window. I searched and it said to look where it was last opened. Ok, I did that because I was using it this morning. But then it disappeared for good and I cannot figure out how to re-open it. I've cold booted my computer and restarted AutoCAD but the results are the same. So what am I missing. This copy is AutoCAD 2013 and it has SP1 and SP2 loaded.
UPDATE: OK...something weird happened. I finally found it but it was hidden beneath the other icons which I have anchored on the left. I was only able to get to it by carefully placing my mouse on a piece of it and dragging it out into the model space. So, what gives and how can I avoid this in the future?
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Nov 2, 2013
My Material Editor Appearance preview window is empty as you can see on attached picture.
All read only and custom libraries are represented in this way.
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Jan 22, 2014
I have Revit 2014 student version installed on my computer.
Í can´t open or change materials. The button with 3 dots in it just will not open.
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Apr 23, 2013
Have just installed Revit 2014. Material editor will not open with icon (Manage>materials) or Type Props>Edit Assembly>Material. Additionanl Setings>Material Assests is greyed out. I have gone back to a project where I know the Asset Library is loaded as well as trying in one of the new sample files. Additionaly means I cant add or change any layers in Edit Assembly.
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Nov 2, 2013
I can delete every unused material except one in the Material Editor.I am trying to make the custom Material library and somehowI have got the Material I cannot delete. URL....
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Feb 28, 2011
Im on Max 2011 with sp1 and the latest hotfix installed, working with vray 1.5 sp5. When i try to re-set mu material editor (compact not slate) i get the folllowing error message
"Runtime error: cannot assign undefined to material editor slots" and a Macro_media utilities window opens with the following script
macroScript clear_medit_slots
enabledIn:#("MAX", "VIZ")
category:"Medit Tools"
internalCategory:"Medit Tools"
ButtonText:"Reset Material Editor Slots"
tooltip:"Reset Material Editor Slots"
[code]....
I'm not a scripter but it seems that there is no material defined to place into the slots on re-set. I've recently had a problem with my material editor not giving me acess to slate as i had loaded up my 2010 menus into 2011 but i've since re-installed max and vray and am still getting this.
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Apr 30, 2013
How to get the all the materials back in the materials palette?When I switch to 3D Modeling and go into the Render Tab in the Materials section, I do not have any materials loaded.
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May 6, 2013
When I pull up material it list 1 density but when I go to iproperties that material has a much different density therefore giving an incorrect. mass reading. 2 1/2 days to install 2013.
How do you get the density of a matreial in material editor to be the same as the material density in Iproperties?
or is this another autodesk bug?
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May 1, 2013
what are the uses of the properties in material editor in inventor2013?
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Jun 22, 2013
In version 2013 there was a menu option at the left lower corner of the material editor.
But in 2014 it is gone. Can not find it in the application options. How can I change it?
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Oct 13, 2012
How to change the units to metric in material editor? See attached picture
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Aug 28, 2011
The material editor on my desktop is cut-off near toward the end. I cannot reach what I need to reach; the scroll bar won't go anymore downward, though it should.
How can I dock my material editor so that it continues on another column?
Please see screenshot and note the bottom of the material editor.
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Mar 5, 2011
Due to some reasons I had to (first i've repaired 3ds max, but it couldn't start at all - "not responding" from very first second of opening 3ds max shortcut, and after that) uninstall and reinstall 3ds max 2011. From first open try it had ribbon problem, but ok, not using ribbons too much. But after working for a half day, there's some problems with material editor too...
What i should do now? repair it or uninstall and reinstall it again?
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Jan 21, 2012
When press "open" the "open"-window dosn't open. Insted it open a comandpromt by the cursor that promt me to enter full search-way and name on the file I want to open.
What can i do to get the "open"-window?
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Jun 8, 2011
I Open material editor select at open/unused material..I use mental ray so all of the slots are Arch design materials.I go to change the Arch design material too whatever.... Freaking max crashes…
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Jun 14, 2011
My material editor won't appear when I click the button on my tool bar. The button toggles between on/off but the material editor menu never actually shows up. I've restarted my computer, I've minimized then maximized the program window, I've moved the program window back and forth between both of my monitors, I've tried opening it by hitting "M"...nothing seems to work.
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Feb 24, 2011
I have made a scene with a metal teapot (i have added it to to the showcase) but now i have deleted the teapot and added and object (a logo) form another project (also in 3ds max 10) and this object has an complex material (multi-sub material with 9 different materials) and i know that there is a way to add the material from the object to the editor but i don't know how...
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Mar 16, 2011
How to assign more than 0-15 material IDs in the old material editor?
I don't use Slate. Does it allow more than 0-15 material IDs?
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Jul 11, 2011
We're discovering some sort of disturbing differences in some of the shaders in the Slate versus the traditional material editor. You can find them everywhere, but a good example is the Matte/Shadow/Reflection material. Under Additional Params in the Slate node you'll find more parameters than are in the Compact editor (also what is called the Parameter Editor in Slate). Found no information on these extra parameters. See the attached image. Substance maps are another example of different parameters.
The attached image shows parameters missing.
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Apr 27, 2011
Materials do not show-up in either Iray or Mental ray Compact Material Editor mode.
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Feb 25, 2013
I can't seem to find where the shader parameters are in the compact material editor in 2013. When In the attached picture, I've shown how it looks when I open it.
I've looked all over online and checked out every rollout in the editor and can't seem to find it anywhere... and all the online tutorials (lynda, etc) say they're for 2013 but are really for 2012.
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Oct 9, 2011
As the title says - How can I add a material to material library through Slate editor? I created the library and it appears as a tab to the right but how do I place my materials there? I tried dragging and dropping the node but that didn't work. I also tried right-clicking the node and searching there but nothing there either.
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Jan 14, 2013
This is what my material editor looks like:[URL]
I can't get the globes to show. Am I missing something, or is it some kind of faulty installation issue?
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Jan 23, 2014
All of a sudden, I was able to see my texture/material in the background of the UV Editor, but now its gone and I don't know how.
Software use: Autodesk 3DS Max 2012
PC Info: Intel Core i5 Quad 3300 3.2 Turbo on AsRock Z77 Pro3 Motherboard, 8GB PC12800 1600 GHz Memory, Zotac GeForce GT 630 1GB, with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS
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May 24, 2011
characteristics of each of the maps in the editor material?
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Jan 30, 2013
There is import button which is import column schema (xml file) from file on Bill of Material window... Is it possible to make this within API, VB Express 2010.
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Mar 2, 2011
Im having trouble with my viewport once my material editor is open. If I try to play my animation once my material editor is up it plays very very choppy. It didn't before I open the material editor. Its happening with all my scenes and I don't have any animated maps or very high res maps in the scene. Most of my scenes are very simple and still getting choppy viewport playback. If I close down the Material editor I still get the same performance when I play my animation. The only thing that I have be able to do to fix this is restarting max. Once I restart max it will work fine as longs as i don't open the material editor up. I have a top of the line machine from HP so i don't know what is going on.
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Aug 7, 2013
I put a new material in the material editor. However long later, I save the max file and when I come back to it, the material editor does not have the material I previously created in there.
The get it back I have to 'eyedrop' the mesh to retrieve it.I've not seen this before in any version, and I use the compact material editor.
Is this another bug with this version, or is this a strange new feature added?
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Apr 4, 2012
How can I get glossy result in Slate material editor? I do not seem to have any problem in compact material editor with glossy and reflectivity set to 1
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Jul 25, 2012
I'm having a issue with the material editor. Whenever I use the shortcut (M), it randomly quits. No error message what so ever, just quits. I've reinstalled it twice, deleted everything. By everything, I mean every single folder and registry key that has to anything to do with 3ds Max or Autodesk - but the problem continues.
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Jun 28, 2013
What have happened with the material editor(slate?) in 3ds max 2014, its takes years to render a material compared to render the same maps and material in 2013.
Problem does not stop there, quite often the whole 3dsmax dies to when it stucks on a material?
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