Multi/Sub-Object material system like 3ds Max has

[trevor.adams]

(Copied from original User Voice forum)

"Fix per-face assignments."

"The per-face assignment of materials in maya doesn't work well with renderlayers. This is known since maya 7.0

The 3dsmax multi-sub object shading system allows per face shading assignments in an organized way that wouldn't break renderlayers. Groups of faces on a single mesh get an ID. Then you have a master shader that specifies which sub-shader is applied to each of the IDs. This allows for safe use of face selections and the ability to reuse entire lookdev (for a whole car for example) just by defining the IDs on the new mesh. so powerful."

"The 3dsmax multi-sub object shading system allows per face shading assignments in an organized way that wouldn't break renderlayers. Groups of faces on a single mesh get an ID. Then you have a master shader that specifies which sub-shader is applied to each of the IDs. This allows for safe use of face selections and the ability to reuse entire lookdev (for a whole car for example) just by defining the IDs on the new mesh. 
so powerful."

[mickeal_alex]

It's also a pain to select faces of one object that have a certain material assigned to them by selecting them through the material, it usually selects multiple objects that have that material assigned to them. 

[Kranos_Orphydian]

yeah Max is so methodical and thoughtfull at these stuff

[BenediZ]

So please vote here:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-ideas/multi-sub-object-material-amp-material-id-s-also-for-3dsma...