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I think it would be great to be able to make many materials from a folder or text file....
For example.... There is a company that gives free of charge images of their products...
USG false ceiling is an example....A company that sells marlbe, PVC floors etc... is another...
It would be nice to be able to make libraries of materials with a list of the textures, probably to change some other characteristics too... The simple way is to make a base material and batch create materials changing the Reflection 0.00deg map.

Would be nice!

very good idea!

would also be nice if the preview images could be generated automatically - it would take some time of course, but then you would not have to open every material manually to create the preview.

KurtS wrote:very good idea!

would also be nice if the preview images could be generated automatically - it would take some time of course, but then you would not have to open every material manually to create the preview.

Thanks for adding this, we got to have this too of course.

I post this as a wish, because I guess it would be possible for someone to make this as a standalone app, like the MXM checker which is a great tool.
There could be an easier way too, if for example some people could make this for some 3d apps, as a script.... For Max, I guess it is not too difficult to open a text file and read a path and add it to the Ref0deg in the material editor... Maya has a script language too afaik, and some other apps might have a way to do this.