Batch import texture maps to materials

[SHoutzager]

Hey is there anyway to batch import several texture maps and create separate materials for each map? I do a good bit of products on shelves which requires creating many mapped materials. I have used scripts before in another program that allowed this. Thanks!

[mnewberg]

Steven,

This is something we can look into.

What languages have you scripted in before?

[SHoutzager]

Nada scripting, sorry.

[mnewberg]

Attached is a quick and dirty Python script to open a folder an jpegs and duplicate the default material with each jpeg in the folder in the diffuse.
folderImport.zip

In order to get this to work.
Delete DefaultMaterial.
Open Attached DefaultMaterial.vrmat
Run the command RunPythonScript, and select the folderImport.py
Select folder full of jpegs

You should see a bunch of new materials named DefaultMaterial1 throught N

[SHoutzager]

Wow that works fairly well! Thanks. It places all of the jpegs but they don't all render out for some reason. Have to reload them. This saves me time!!

update. I tried a new folder of jpegs and all of them preview just fine..... maybe because my jpegs were created on a Mac.

update 2. Ok Ok, I need to keep the folder with "just" jpegs and it works FINE!!