Material Library 3ds Max 9 Serial
I've read a few forum threads and from the information on those threads I have done the following; 1. Updated to SP3 2. Uninstalled then reinstalled all the.msi from C: Autodesk WI Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 Content ADSKMaterials 3. Restarted computer. But, still, when I open the Material/Map browser options to look for material libraries, there are none. What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Windows 8.1 Intel i5 4xxx Nvidia GeForce 960 3ds max 2016 SP3 (Student Edition). Hello, Thank you for the clarification, this helps considerably.
Free 3D max Library and Updates. Updated on August 8, 2019 in Life Log 2019. Can you please send me 3ds max material libraries i need for school project. NASIR JAVED says: June 3, 2009 at 12:55 am. Plz anybody send me max plans and materials of roads and bridges and underpass etc.
I do have 4 material libraries in my installation located at C: Program Files Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 materiallibraries. There used to be a lot more of them but many got made into presets instead. (For example, create an Architectural material and it has a bunch of presets in the drop down menu.) Others were removed because the scanline renderer isn't really used as much as raytraced renderers. On to your issue. The reason those map slots are black are almost definitely because the pathing is incorrect and it's not loading the map. What I would do is go to File/Green button- References - Asset Tracking.
From there look for paths that show 'File Missing' as the status. From there you can select multiple entries on the list and right click to use 'Set Path' to link them to a new location. Or, you can do them 1 by 1 with 'Browse'. Or, you can select the black square as noted in your post above, and double click it to bring up the bitmap properties dialog on the right side. From there you can use the path button to get to where the map is located. Keep in mind that you don't have to use this new Slate editor, if you prefer the older material editor you can go back to it as shown below.
It seems to me that the problem is simply one of finding missing textures and relinking to them. If I am misunderstanding you or if you have any questions at all, please let me know. Best Regards. Hello, No problem, I have unmarked the post. It is not true that the student version gives fewer materials, so that isn't the issue either. Can you please post a screenshot of what your map browser looks like for me? Is it just straight empty or what exactly are you seeing?
What is your current renderer? Are you missing all maps in your browser or is it simply the Autodesk Materials that are missing? (They only show up if the current renderer is supported, so maybe changing renderers would help there.) Thanks for the information and for a screenshot!
Best Regards. I'm very new to the newer versions of 3dx Max (last one i worked with was 3ds Max 4!) so I hope you'll forgive me for not fully understanding what you are asking me to do.
I've attached a screenshot of my slate view, with an example Arch and Design template to show the problem that I'm having. I've ringed where, for this concrete material, the map is missing. This is using the Mental Ray renderer. I run into this problem constantly when trying to use materials. Perhaps there is something I'm missing or doing wrong? I can't seem to find a single folder that contains any default maps for 3ds Max anywhere on my HD.
Sorry about this. Reading back through my posts in this thread, it appears that I was in error describing my original problem as having no Material Libraries. It seems I have 3 Material Libraries (Is this all we get now? I remember there used to be quite a few with the older versions). The problem is actually missing maps. In my previous post is one example, here is another. This one is a Banyan tree map from the Nature MatLib.
As you can see, where there should be a bitmap there is just a black square, and also, just a set of unmapped generic colours for the rest of the material. Perhaps my understanding of how materials work in the new versions of Max is wrong? I remember being able to map, bricks, concrete, wood, heck, flowers even, to objects in a few seconds with just a couple of clicks of the mouse.
Hello, Thank you for the clarification, this helps considerably. I do have 4 material libraries in my installation located at C: Program Files Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 materiallibraries. There used to be a lot more of them but many got made into presets instead. (For example, create an Architectural material and it has a bunch of presets in the drop down menu.) Others were removed because the scanline renderer isn't really used as much as raytraced renderers.
On to your issue. The reason those map slots are black are almost definitely because the pathing is incorrect and it's not loading the map.
What I would do is go to File/Green button- References - Asset Tracking. From there look for paths that show 'File Missing' as the status. From there you can select multiple entries on the list and right click to use 'Set Path' to link them to a new location. Or, you can do them 1 by 1 with 'Browse'.
Or, you can select the black square as noted in your post above, and double click it to bring up the bitmap properties dialog on the right side. From there you can use the path button to get to where the map is located. Keep in mind that you don't have to use this new Slate editor, if you prefer the older material editor you can go back to it as shown below. It seems to me that the problem is simply one of finding missing textures and relinking to them. If I am misunderstanding you or if you have any questions at all, please let me know.
Best Regards.
Author Name: Regimantas Valiukas V-Ray Material Presets Pro is a powerful material collection for 3ds Max and V-Ray. It will includes shaders like: Metal, Glass, Leather, Liquid, Ceramics, etc.
SIGERSHADERS V-Ray Material Presets Pro version 4.1.5 – Changes for v4.1.5 are: General – Now VMPPmax remember window positions and size. User Library Manager – Fixed comment issues when material name has a Whitespace character. – Implemented ability to render material preview images (single material and batch render). – Implemented ability to render VRayHDRI spherical preview (single and batch render). Settings – Implemented ability to migrate custom settings from previous version.
– Changes for v4.0.1 are: – The installer now can find 3ds Max Design paths. – The installer includes all required additional plug-ins. – Fixed map paths for some materials. – Fixed Real-World map size scaling for some materials. – Now the UNC path resolver can be enabled/disabled. – A little optimized the user library thumbnails handler.
– Changes for v4.0.0 are: – Completely remade materials and textures. – New installer. – 3ds Max 2017 support.
– New Material test scene templates. – New licensing process. – Added thumbnails to Material list. – New Material list views: List and Gallery. – Added context menu to each list. – Added options Copy/Move to Categories and Materials.
– Added UNC path resolver. – Improved memory usage. – Bug fixes and more – Changes for v3.2.0 are: – Minor bug fixes. – New Liquid materials (V-Ray 3.1+). – Changes for v3.1.2 are: – Added the ability to replace external BitmapTexture paths (User Library).
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– Changes for v3.1.1 are: – Fixed a bug that occurs when rename User Section with the same name. – Fixed a bug that occurs when rename User Category with the same name. – Fixed a bug that occurs when rename User Material with the same name. – Fixed issues with saving notes of the User Category/Material. – Fixed a potential issue with open User Material full preview when material in list is not selected. – Fixed minor issues with User Library lists headers info. – Added “Right Click” functionality to the opened full preview image (Default/User libraries).
– Added tool-tips and option to show/hide tool-tips. – Added the ability to set Max Subdivs (reflection/refraction) for materials (Default Library). – The Default Library is divided into two parts: Legacy materials (V-Ray 2.x) and V-Ray 3.1+ (V-Ray 3.10 or later). – Updated the test scenes. – Updated the UI style. – Added new materials and remade some old. – Changes for v3.0.1 are: - Fixed thumbnail viewer memory leak - Added new materials (154): Mosaic, Parquet and Carpaint.
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– Changes for v3.0.0b are: - Fixed material destination selector - All materials and textures are remade - All materials optimized for high quality BF+LC rendering. Added Material Lab (Scene for material creating/testing) - And more.