Shared Network - Material Database Importing / Auto-Importing

[rood_dood]

When I import a material from a shared network material database, the material imports without the correct material name in the Vray material editor. Any idea as to why this is happening? Also, is there any way to auto import the material database so I can browse the materials from the Vray material editor?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[dkendig]

Re: Shared Network - Material Database Importing / Auto-Importing

Hello,

I would love to help, but I don't think I quite understand the issue fully. First of all, what version of our product are you using? (open the render options window, and then click the "About" tab). The next thing that I'm kind of stuck on is this "material database". I guess you're referring to a folder that just has a bunch of materials in it? What is the path to that folder? (ex "h:\viz\materials"). Next you asked if there was a way to import the entire "material database" in to the application so you can browse through all of them at once. I don't really see what the benefit of that would be. Material previews aren't saved, and the materials wouldn't be organized according to type or category, so you'd just have a list of materials by name. It would probably be a better idea to have them all organized in folders, according to type or usage.