Is it possible to link cut-off values of different mat

[jstrob]

I woul like to adjust the cut-off value for a dozen of related materials. I don't see that vlue in the material slate editor in max 2011. and I don't see it neither in the parameter wiring editor...

Is there any way to link those values together... If I lower it for all my scene with a mascript command I saw on the forum, it may increase render time too much...

[vlado]

The parameter is not animatable; you can only wire parameters than can be animated. The other way is to do it through MaxScript.

Best regards,
Vlado

[jstrob]

Ok thanks,

As I'm not so advanced in scripting (I need to get through Bobo's course), I did some baby script like that:
cutA=0.01
rootScene[#SME][#rouge][#coat07____VRayMtl].Properties.reference.option_cutoff = cutA
rootScene[#SME][#rouge][#coat02____VRayMtl].Properties.reference.option_cutoff = cutA
rootScene[#SME][#rouge][#coat01____VRayMtl].Properties.reference.option_cutoff = cutA
rootScene[#SME][#rouge][#coat01____VRayMtl].Properties.reference.option_cutoff = cutA
rootScene[#SME][#rouge][#coat06____VRayMtl].Properties.reference.option_cutoff = cutA
rootScene[#SME][#rouge][#coat04____VRayMtl].Properties.reference.option_cutoff = cutA
rootScene[#SME][#rouge][#coat05____VRayMtl].Properties.reference.option_cutoff = cutA

It works but I would be curious to see how a pro would have instead get the array of materials and then apply the value to it...

Is there a way to select some materials in the slate editor and then get an array of those materials.