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-Agni451
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4 years ago

Hi, I'm very new to 3d Studio max. Is there a way to apply a material to selected polygon on one object? Say I have a building created out of one cube, but I want to apply a glass material to the window recesses and a concrete material to the rest, could I select the polygons that make up the windows and apply a glass material just to them? If not, how would I go about separating the "windows" from the rest of the building into separate objects to apply materials to?

+VarnishedOtter
Admin

4 years ago

You certainly can:

1. Convert your object to Editable Poly

2. Select Face mode

3. Select your faces

4. Apply material

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+Steve Martin
Moderator

4 years ago

I've never done it that way. I thought you needed to use a multi/sub-object material.

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+VarnishedOtter
Admin

4 years ago

Really? I guess its a habit I picked up from Wings, I've never used multi/sub-objects... I thought that this was just the way you're meant to do it.

What are the benefits of multi/sub-object?

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+Steve Martin
Moderator

4 years ago

Well for starters I don't think you can apply materials to polys in max without using the multi/sub material. I could be wrong though. Benefits of multisub? Probably none over your method. Except the one I mentioned above. To be honest I've had a lot of problems not so much with the material, but assigning material IDs to individual polys. Sometimes the ID's will change randomly or the materials won't show up. Very annoying.

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+VarnishedOtter
Admin

4 years ago

Yeah I cant say I know much about material IDs, I just assign materials to objects/surfaces.

But I did use this method today for applying materials to individual polys and it worked fine.

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+Steve Martin
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4 years ago

In max?

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+VarnishedOtter
Admin

4 years ago

Yeah, in max. Try it.

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