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1524 Chapter 16: Material Editor, Materials, and Maps
When you load old 3ds Max files or bring earlier
materials from the Browser into the Materials
Editor, the spinner values for Opacity, Specular
Level, Glossiness, and S elf-illumination are altered,
where necessar y, to maintain the equivalent
material effec t.
Pr ocedur es
To assign a map:
1.
Click a map button.
AmodalMaterial/Map Browser (page 2–1412)
is displayed.
2. Use the Browse From buttons to choose where
you want to look.
If you choose Mater ial Librar y and the dialog’s
displayareaisblank,youneedtoopenalibrary
file. Click the Open button and then choose
the library to browse.
3. Use the display buttons to choose how you view
maps.
• View List shows each m ap by name.
• View List + Icons shows a small preview and
each map’s name.
• View Small Icons shows a small preview for
each map.
• View Large Icons shows a large preview for
each map, along w ith the map’s name.
Tip: You can resize the Browser dialog to
increasethesizeofthedisplayarea.Thisis
especially useful when you view large icons.
4. Double-click the map you want.
To us e the sa me ma p f or dif fer ent par a meters :
1.
In the Maps rollout, use a map button to assig n
amap.
TheMaterialEditorisnowatthemaplevel,and
displays controls for t he m ap parameters.
2. ClickGoToParenttoreturntothe
materiallevel,andthenopentheMapsrollout.
3. Drag the ass igned map button to another map
button.
The Copy (Instance) Map dialog ( page 2–1451)
is displayed.
4. Choose Copy or Instance, and then click OK.
If you choose Swap, the Material Editor swaps
the two button assignments.
To view the parent material’s parameter s:
• If you are currently at the map level in the
Material Editor , click Go To Parent.
The p ar ameters for the map’s parent material
are displayed. Also, the Show End Result and
Go to Parent buttons become una vailable.
To view a map’s parameters:
• Ifyouarecurrentlyatthemateriallevelin
the Material Editor, click the button that
corresponds to the map.
The parameters for the map are displayed. Also,
the Show End Result (page 2–1446) and Go to
Parent (page 2 –1446) buttons become available.
In the Basic Parameters rollout, if a map
has been assigned to a color component or
parameter , the corresponding button displays a
letter M. In the Maps rollout, if a map has been
assigned, the corresponding button displays
the map name.
To view a map’s location:
• Click Material/Map Navigator to view the
Navigator.
The Material/Map Navigator (page 2–1447)
displaysthehierarchyofthecurrentmaterial,
which contains the map.