Material Editor not showing Materials

baker1444 · July 13th, 2006

Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble with the display in my material editor. As you can see from the attached picture the materials do not display my materials properly. In the picture attached I have the max standard finishes material library open and as you can see its not showing the diffuse map. The glossyness and specular are showing but I find it hard knowing what I'm picking when I can't tell what kind of map it is. The materials render fine but just don't display properly. Has anyone experieced this before? I'm using Max 8 with service pack 3 and real dwg 2007. Can anyone fix this?

arquiteck09 · July 14th, 2006

i was going to ask you if you have the maps installed, but you said that they render properly, maybe reinstalling the software.

baker1444 · July 14th, 2006

Yeh actualy I did a complete format of my system and it still occures. Not a big issue but it just is annoying.

fulin09 · July 14th, 2006

i have the same problem.pls help us.....its hard to use the materials without seeing what they look like esp when ur new at 3dsmax..like me...

PAWUK · August 13th, 2006

Dont know if its still off any use but have you gone thru the customize menu and then configure user paths

Verma · August 14th, 2006

Which rendering engine are you using for material editor?
Try changing that between MR and Scanline.

tstephens · August 14th, 2006

In your Diffuse Map properties, under the Coordinates category, turn Use Real-World Scale off.

July 14th, 2006	#2 (permalink)
arquiteck09 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: mexico Age: 28 Posts: 178 Name: jesus valdivia	Re: Material Editor not showing Materials i was going to ask you if you have the maps installed, but you said that they render properly, maybe reinstalling the software.

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baker1444 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 205 Name: Robert Baker	Re: Material Editor not showing Materials Yeh actualy I did a complete format of my system and it still occures. Not a big issue but it just is annoying.

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fulin09 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: manila Posts: 10 Name: reagan lu	Re: Material Editor not showing Materials i have the same problem.pls help us.....its hard to use the materials without seeing what they look like esp when ur new at 3dsmax..like me...

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PAWUK Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Walsall Posts: 256 Name: Paul Wild	Re: Material Editor not showing Materials Dont know if its still off any use but have you gone thru the customize menu and then configure user paths

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Verma Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Age: 35 Posts: 59 Name: Rahul Verma	Re: Material Editor not showing Materials Which rendering engine are you using for material editor? Try changing that between MR and Scanline. __________________ Multimedia Manager www.ideateinc.com

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tstephens Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 7 Name: Tod Stephens	Re: Material Editor not showing Materials In your Diffuse Map properties, under the Coordinates category, turn Use Real-World Scale off.

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