Reset Material Editor?

[Bobo]

Originally posted by Technofreak
Hello, How do you load the default value of the Material Editor..the problem is when I start a new scene all my old materials dont get deleted......so the problem is......how can I tell Max to load the default (clean material editor value) value of my Material Editor. Thanks all

Generally, if you do a File>Reset instead of File>New, the materials will be reset, too.

If you want to do it at any time, there are scripts for Max 4 and 5 available on ScriptSpot (one by Blur/Neil Blevins, one by me).

For Max 6, you need an updated version, because the location of the default medit.mat file has changed... Here is a short version for 6:

macroscript MEditDefaults category:"Bobo_s Tools"
(
max mtledit
loadMaterialLibrary ((getDir #defaults)+"\\medit.mat")
for i = 1 to 24 do
meditmaterials[i] = currentMaterialLibrary[i]
loadMaterialLibrary ((getDir #matlib)+"\\3dsmax.mat")
)

[Technofreak]

Thanks bobo........you're still the man (Max Guru) :bowdown:

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