How do I replace texture maps (not relink)?

[davision]

This has always been a huge annoyance for me in max. Doesn't happen often but every now and then I want to replace a texture used in a file (maybe in many different materials which might not be instanced).

I might want to use a lower-res version or a newer version of the file or whatever. The trick is the replacement file has a different name, so I basically want to do Find/Replace for the texture that's used in the file. Seems this should be a no-brainer built into the Asset Manager but I don't see such a function.

Can anyone help?

[R2J2]

use the asset tracking dialog instead, right click on the texture and select browse. you can then select what ever texture and it will be replaced

[glyph]

I've done it by having two sets of master files in different named folders - files have same names
then I copy in high or lo res version to the directory referenced by the material editor, as needed

[davision]

Thanks Jay. I knew there had to be a way. I think I even did this once but forgot about it.