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Group materials in Studio
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:09 pm
by feynman
Sometimes, you have 10-20 different matt Delrin plastics or 10 pages of newspaper; all with the same setting apart from what's mapped to the Reflectance 0 slot. Even with multiple monitors, it's a chore to scroll up and down miles of materials - if one could group them, that'd be just great.
Re: Group materials in Studio
Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 1:52 pm
by grafen
+1
Re: Group materials in Studio
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 1:58 pm
by dariolanza
Hi,
Adding a groups structure to the Materials List is not as easy as it seems. The group structure itself involves certain hierarchies, undo/redo issues, etc, but we will try to think in ways to arrange the materials in a cleaner way.
Greetings,
Dario Lanza
Re: Group materials in Studio
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 2:03 pm
by feynman
That would be great, if it can be made to work. Also, you often have the same texture used multiple times in a material or across several materials - if one could adjust it in a single spot, that'd be something - being able to change 13 powdercoating materials to a new gloss level at an instant, or adjusting the orange peel normalmap from a different powder supplier for all of them… what a time-saver this would be.
Maybe you just skip the undo
Re: Group materials in Studio
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 2:56 pm
by F. Tella
Hi Feynman,
Have you checked the
Use override map option? It's useful to set the same projection properties for any texture in the material (tiling, channel, offset,...) and change them globally for that material. You can check it here:
http://support.nextlimit.com/display/mx ... Properties
Making the changes across several materials is not possible yet, but it would be a nice addition.
Cheers!
Fernando
Re: Group materials in Studio
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 3:18 pm
by feynman
Thanks, yes, I have looked at that feature.
In industrial and automotive design, it's rather the sheer number of near identical materials with, for example, different colours or reflectivity parameters or normalmaps that one would like to change globally quickly.
Like shift-clicking all 7 ABS plastics one has in use in a design and then changing the normalmap on one inputs that same one on all others. Hence also the utility value in grouping materials.
Anyway, it's only a humble wish : )
Re: Group materials in Studio
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 2:59 pm
by eric nixon
Can't you just edit the map? (create a backup first) and then all the materials will be affected.