Sorry - no. I don't have the SDK installed. I only replied really to point out that it wasn't as much an issue with the SDK as an issue with Max generally.
Is there any way you can access
everything to do with a material and write your own import/export routines for it? Bypass the matlibs completely?
Max 2016 (SP1/EXT1)
Win7Pro x64 (SP1). i5-3570K @ 4.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX11.
nVidia GTX760 (2GB) (Driver 430.86).