[davidhughesarchitect]

Hi,

I am not an experienced user of maxwell but I upgraded to 3.1 and it appears in studio that the materials editor does not have the wizard option any more.

Can anyone confirm if this is the case or am I doing something incorrectly?

[nachob]

Hi David,

Since Maxwell v3, wizards disappeared and all that functionality is now accessed through material types. Material types are like permanent wizards that let you change the values in a oriented way.

best regards,

nachob

[JDHill]

[Nacho is too quick ]

The old wizards have basically been replaced by the new "Material Assistant" types, which function much the same as a wizard, but are not a one-shot type of thing -- rather than taking simplified input and producing a regular MXM material, the interface keeps the simplified format, with the material being created on demand inside the engine. Later, if you want to convert to a regular MXM, you can do so by clicking the Convert to Advanced button. For more information, please see the video here.

[andyjacobs]

Seems like the convert to advanced button has disappeared, is that correct? How can we use the material wizard then add another layer over the top, like a label over glass etc.

Thanks

[Fernando Tella]

I can see it here; it's under all the parameters of the chosen material type, not in global properties.

[JDHill]

It may also be that you're using the material editor inside the Rhino plugin, where that function is accessed by right-clicking in the layer tree and choosing Convert to Custom.

[andyjacobs]

Got it, turned out the parameters window is divided in 2 and the bottom window is blank. I didn't notice a scroll bar on the parameters part of the window, so the button was only just not visible.

[digitalukore]

Thanks for the heads up. I was just about to ask the forum