-- XRef Material Library from .max (XRefMatLib)
-- (c) 2018 Michele Poletto (micke.plt@gmail.com)
-- Verison History:
-- v0.10 (2018/12/23) Initial Idea

-- This script create a .mat file which contains XRef Materials of all materials included in your current scene. 
-- This provides you to set your current scene as the parent material scene (PMS) 
-- Every time you modify a material in this scene the XRef Material assigned to an object in another scene will be updated.
-- If you have updated the PMS and you have opened at the same time a scene where you have applied an XRef Material you must update XRef Material form XRef Object Windows to see the update. (File - Reference - XRef Object).

-- get current file name and file path
thefile= maxfilepath+maxfilename
thepath= maxfilepath
-- get only file name without ".max"
onlythename=getFilenameFile maxfilename
-- save max
saveMaxFile thefile
-- reset max
resetMaxFile #noPrompt
-- import paretn scene as XRef Object
Xrefobjs = getMAXFileObjectNames thefile
xrefs.addNewXRefObject thefile Xrefobjs
-- setup the material library name
theLibraryName=(onlythename+".mat")
-- action!!!
(
-- define the material library
newLib = materialLibrary() 
-- add all xref material at the material library
for m in sceneMaterials where classof m == XRef_Material do (
	append newLib m
	-- can I sort material by name?
)
-- save material library at the same position of your PMS
saveTempMaterialLibrary newLib (thepath+theLibraryName)
)
-- reset max
resetMaxFile #noPrompt
-- reload PMS
loadMaxFile thefile