[bgarchinsf]

What is the correct procedure for organizing and placing downloaded materials in the library?I've gotten a few different theories depending on whom I talk to and I hope to has this clarified.

does each individual component - ie texture, ior, etc get dragged to to appropriate main folder, or can just the whole folder be placed somewhere. I've been doing the first but there seems to be a lot of textures etc with the same name. I am not sure if I am really placing a new item that needs top be renamed, or if it truly is a redundant item that can use an existing file.

[brodie_geers]

I thought I'd post my method in hopes that others will explain theirs.

Here's an example of my file structure:

Example .mxm file...
Z:\Maxwell Materials\mxm files\Metals\Aluminum\Annodized Aluminum.mxm

Then the associated texture files would be in this folder...
Z:\Maxwell Materials\mxm files\Metals\Aluminum\Textures

In my case the Z: drive is an external hard drive (a NAS in particular) which can be accessed from multiple computers on my network so no matter what computer I'm on the file paths are the same. I can also backup the files to a portable hard drive which I can take home and have the portable hard drive setup as Z: as well so I can similarly use the same files without changing paths.

Here's a screenshot of how I've got my material's organized...



-Brodie