Changing default shader

[augustus]

Just create a new shader and connect it to the initialShadingGroup.

[Levitateme]

is there anyway to make this automatic?

[Sentenza]

Do it in your usersetup.mel
with tis line of text :

setAttr lambert1.color 0.55 1.0 1.0;
__________________R G B

or write something like this in the usersetup

global proc DefaultMatCol()

{

setAttr lambert1.color 0.55 1.0 1.0;

}

Then you just need to create the file DafaultMatCol.mel with the single line in it ...

[annaleah]

Do it in your usersetup.mel
with tis line of text :

setAttr lambert1.color 0.55 1.0 1.0;
__________________R G B

or write something like this in the usersetup

global proc DefaultMatCol()

{

setAttr lambert1.color 0.55 1.0 1.0;

}

Then you just need to create the file DafaultMatCol.mel with the single line in it ...



Did anyone get this to work?

I tried it and I must be misunderstanding because it doesnt change the default lambert1.

[stallion151]

do the second one, i have that already. works for me. its exactly the same

[annaleah]

do the second one, i have that already. works for me. its exactly the same

Thanks.
Still not loading correctly.:rolleyes: My fault I know...lol

I put this in my user setup.mel
/////////////
global proc DefaultMatCol()
{
setAttr lambert1.color 0.55 1.0 1.0;
}
/////////////////

Then I made a mel called "DefaultMatCol.mel"
and put this in it...
setAttr lambert1.color 0.55 1.0 1.0;

I started Maya and sourced the DefaultMatCol.mel and then run the script with the hypershade open and it changed the color of Lambert1 but it didnt change it at startup....
So I must still be confused about this whole thing.

Thanks for any explaination.

[annaleah]

And I tried it the other way around and it didnt do anything either....:scream:

[reven]

so is this to change the shader From default to another shader(BLINN or PHONG) or are you just changing the color?

[annaleah]

It would be great to change it to phong or blinn and change the color also.
Im just at a loss as to what to actually put in the user.mel and what to name and put into the script.

[hominid]

I think you need to put the global proc block of code into the DefaultMatCol.mel file then call DefaultMatCol() from the usersetup.mel

Cheers,
Pete

[annaleah]

I made a hotkey for it and a shelf button.
Not as great as a automatic script but it works.....:banghead:

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