- Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:36 pm
#357341
Hi,
am I too stupid or is there a (new?) bug? Haven't really used Maxwell with C4D until now and I just want to drag a material from the MXED MXM Browser into my existing scene/over an existing material. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do that...
Here's what I do (I read the manual coming with the C4D plugin). I'm using C4D R13 Broadcast on a Mac, latest 2.7 plugin, Maxwell Studio 2.7 installed, too)
- I create a new Maxwell Material and assign it to some geometry.
- In the Material's attributes tab I click on "Material Editor", it opens.
- In the Material Editor I click the menu "MXM Options"->"Open MXED Browser"
- Browser opens. In the browser tab I select a material and drag it over the Material Editor's Material Preview image (as stated in the manual)
- Instead of "overwriting" the existing material a new empty C4D projects opens with the new material as single material.
Am I totally stupid or is this a bug? What's the usual way to apply different existing materials from the Material Browser to an existing geometry to see how they look like on your own geometry?
Thanks a lot!
Marco
am I too stupid or is there a (new?) bug? Haven't really used Maxwell with C4D until now and I just want to drag a material from the MXED MXM Browser into my existing scene/over an existing material. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do that...
Here's what I do (I read the manual coming with the C4D plugin). I'm using C4D R13 Broadcast on a Mac, latest 2.7 plugin, Maxwell Studio 2.7 installed, too)
- I create a new Maxwell Material and assign it to some geometry.
- In the Material's attributes tab I click on "Material Editor", it opens.
- In the Material Editor I click the menu "MXM Options"->"Open MXED Browser"
- Browser opens. In the browser tab I select a material and drag it over the Material Editor's Material Preview image (as stated in the manual)
- Instead of "overwriting" the existing material a new empty C4D projects opens with the new material as single material.
Am I totally stupid or is this a bug? What's the usual way to apply different existing materials from the Material Browser to an existing geometry to see how they look like on your own geometry?
Thanks a lot!
Marco
Mac Pro Nehalem 8 core | Lion 10.7.4 | Cinema4d R13 Broadcast | Maya 2011 | ZBrush 4 | Mudbox 2011 | Maxwell 2.6 | modo 601 | 3DCoat