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-Tinman
Junior Member

3 years ago

I'm not new to 3DS, but i ran into a problem i've not seen before. Some of my scenes are quite large and detailed and need lots of textures. So in one scene i put all the scene materials into the library, then reset the material editor slots. Now all the presets in the Arch & Design mats are gone. leather, glass, ceramic, tiles, all of it. No matter what scene i try, or even a new one. Just POOF! gone. any thoughts? i did the same thing on my laptop and had the same result, so i know it's user error and not a bug. Help, please.

-cdballew
Moderator

3 years ago

What happens when you click open? Do you see any of the libraries?

Chris

-Tinman
Junior Member

3 years ago

yes actually i do. but the presets are not available when i select one from the material editor.

-cdballew
Moderator

3 years ago

Do you have mental ray selected as your renderer?

Chris

-Tinman
Junior Member

3 years ago

although, upon further investigation, it looks as though when i choose open it only shows one arch_design template file. if i choose that it only comes up with one material, one that i saved into the library myself. is there any way to recover or get my hands on another template file?

-Tinman
Junior Member

3 years ago

yes, mental ray is always selected. that's always what i use. the options are listed in the arch & design drop-down tab, but no template loads.

-cdballew
Moderator

3 years ago

I have the materialibraries folder in > my documents/3dsmax/ and also in > program files/autodesk/3ds max 2008/

Chris

-Tinman
Junior Member

3 years ago

I do also. BUT, the materialibraries folder in mydocuments/3dsmax/ is empty. i think that's where my problem may be. maybe i wiped it out?

-cdballew
Moderator

3 years ago

What about the one in program files?

EDIT: Are you using 2008 also?

Chris

-Tinman
Junior Member

3 years ago

that's there. i have things like 3dsmax.mat, aectemplates.mat, 9 architectural.materials.mat files, nature.mat, and mrArch_DesignTemplates.mat. but if i open the mrArch_DesignTemplates.mat file in material editor, it's blank. the regular architectural presets are there, but not arch_design. weird that those are the only ones i lost.

yes i'm using 2008

i wonder if i was able to overwrite the template *.mat file with one intact, if that would work...

-cdballew
Moderator

3 years ago

Strange that they are both gone. I'm puzzled, maybe someone else here can offer a solution.

EDIT: What happens when you open the one in program files?

Chris

-Tinman
Junior Member

3 years ago

when i open the one in program files, i only get one material. it's one that i hit the "put to library" button. that's it. is there a way to get another copy of that template file? maybe to overwrite it....