[deadalvs]

Export option to choose between :

- embed materials in mxs
- keep materials as references

[raduc]

Hi deadalvs,

Embedding an MXS material usually doesn't need to be updated on a per export basis, so adding these controls to the export utility might burden the workflow, you can set a referenced MXM material to be embedded via the Embed in MXS option in the Maxwell Referenced Material.
If the problem is that you can't set this option globally, you can use MEL to achieve this goal.
Here's two scripts that you can drag with the middle mouse button on your toolbar to set the materials for all selected objects to be embedded (first script) or not (second script)

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//Enable MXM embed for the materials on currently selected objects
hyperShade -smn;
string $selection[] = `ls -selection`;
for($node in $selection)
{
    if(`attributeQuery -exists -node $node "embedInMXS"`)
        setAttr ($node + ".embedInMXS") 1;
}

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//Disable MXM embed for the materials on currently selected objects
hyperShade -smn;
string $selection[] = `ls -selection`;
for($node in $selection)
{
    if(`attributeQuery -exists -node $node "embedInMXS"`)
        setAttr ($node + ".embedInMXS") 0;
}

[deadalvs]

Hi raduc,


thanks for the scripts.. very helpful ! thanks !


meanwhile, I got an other workaround, where I embed the mxms directly in the mxs file, via pyMaxwell.

thanks again !

Matt