Hi all
If I select a bunch of objects and stick it on a new layer, is there a way to prevent those objects from inheriting the layer’s color? (in Max)
In the Object Color settings there’s a button that says ‘By Object’ or ‘By Layer’, toggle that and it should fix it.
Haha, so simple. Thanks!
OK no sorry, this doesnt work. I have a million and 1 objects. I select them then create new layer and add them to the new layer. No matter whate setting the object was on, either by object or by layer. As soon as I add the object to a new layer, it inherits the layer’s color 
Try to uncheck this :
Preference Settings >General > Layer Default >Default to by layer for new Nodes.
I remember this and many other-Annoying- small things to be checked by default for Max Design .
It is already unchecked. I can’t seem to get a solution to this
Are you sure you set the “object color” (1) to ‘by object’ and not the display (2) or rendering settings (#3) instead?
Barring that, maybe this code will fix it for you, save first then select everything you want to move and run it. I often get CAD that is color by layer, I use this to set the object’s wirecolors to whatever their current layer’s color is, then I can freely move them around unattached from layer color. If you happen to have objects that are being colored with something other than their layercolor though, this would break that.
for o in selection do
(
o.colorbyLayer = false
o.wirecolor = o.layer.wirecolor
)
Binko!
I was using 2 instead of 1. However, by selecting all relevant objects at once and using 1, they all resulted in the same color, which makes sense since you’re applying it one shot. Selecting one by one would work, but just too many of them, therefore the script makes sense.
The script works beautifully, thanks!