- Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:00 am
#289952
Can somebody explain to me the workflow to assign mxm materials through the MR plugin? Here's what I've been doing & where it goes wrong:
I want to use Wood7.mxm on my model, so I...
-Create a SU material called "Wood7" & paintbucket it onto my model
-I activate the Maxwell Material plugin.
-The Maxwell Material plugin opens.
-I select Maxwell MXM, load, navigate to the Wood7.mxm file & select it.
-I go to File Export & tell it to export to Maxwell.
-When MR comes up, it gives me an error message that says it can't find the jpg used in the mxm material (Error - File"/Applications/Maxwell/materials database/mxm files/wood7/C.jpg" has not been found. Render cannot continue).
So then I...
-Go to File/Export/Maxwell Render again.
-In the Options dialog I select "Use Auto MXM Conversion" & set the path to the Wood7.mxm file.
-MR gives me the same error message as before.
So then I...
-Go back to the Options dialog & set the "Image Search Path" to the folder where my jpg is.
-When I do that a DOS shell message comes up that says "Error: Unknown argument: Files\Next"
I've even tried leaving the Image Search Path set & turning off the MXM Conversion but I still get the DOS error.
I've obviously got the process wrong, but can't figure out where. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I want to use Wood7.mxm on my model, so I...
-Create a SU material called "Wood7" & paintbucket it onto my model
-I activate the Maxwell Material plugin.
-The Maxwell Material plugin opens.
-I select Maxwell MXM, load, navigate to the Wood7.mxm file & select it.
-I go to File Export & tell it to export to Maxwell.
-When MR comes up, it gives me an error message that says it can't find the jpg used in the mxm material (Error - File"/Applications/Maxwell/materials database/mxm files/wood7/C.jpg" has not been found. Render cannot continue).
So then I...
-Go to File/Export/Maxwell Render again.
-In the Options dialog I select "Use Auto MXM Conversion" & set the path to the Wood7.mxm file.
-MR gives me the same error message as before.
So then I...
-Go back to the Options dialog & set the "Image Search Path" to the folder where my jpg is.
-When I do that a DOS shell message comes up that says "Error: Unknown argument: Files\Next"
I've even tried leaving the Image Search Path set & turning off the MXM Conversion but I still get the DOS error.
I've obviously got the process wrong, but can't figure out where. Any help would be greatly appreciated.