Script to apply materials to objects by name

[danZL2KU]

Hi

We currently link our models into 3ds max from Revit by material name. For example:

-Plywood Face Natural
-Plywood Edge Natural

We then select each of these, one by one and apply a material to them from our library.

I have set up the materials with the exact same name.

It is quite simple but it takes time to apply as we can have 20 or 30 objects/materials.

Is there a script which I can run to do this:

It would be something like this.

1. Select all objects.

2. Apply materials from a library which have a name match.

Thanks

Dan

www.madeinply.co.uk

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

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@danZL2KU wrote:

Any idea why that is?

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because you do something wrong... there is only one possible reason.

name don't match exactly, not all materials in the library, path is wrong... do everything right and it will work.

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

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@danZL2KU wrote:

Figured it out. I have to select the objects and then run the script

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you have the option to do it for all objects in the scene... 

But you should have minimal knowledge of how maxscript works. So, try learning MaxScript if you're going to use it in the future. Good luck!

[danZL2KU · Accepted solution]

Not to worry I have figured it out. Thank you so much for your help. This works so well. 

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

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