Adjusting Arch & Design Material Parameters within a Blend Material

Submitted by TSuess on Wed, 2012-08-15 14:52

I've hit a roadblock. I am creating a unverisal Ambient Occlusion controller. The following test script works perfectly.

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for a in objects do

(
if (classof a.material == Arch___Design__mi) then
(
a.material.opts_ao_on = true
a.material.opts_ao_distance = 24
a.material.opts_ao_samples = 24
)

(
if (classof a.material == Multimaterial) then
(
for b = 1 to a.material.numsubs do
(

if (classof a.material.materialList[b] == Arch___Design__mi) then
(
a.material.materialList[b].opts_ao_on = true
a.material.materialList[b].opts_ao_distance = 24
a.material.materialList[b].opts_ao_samples = 24
)
)
)
)
)

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I am able to adjust the parameters of a Arch & Design material within a Multimaterial. What I have not yet figured out is how to do the same within a Blend Material. It seems that something like this should work. See below.

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for a in objects do

(

(
if (classof a.material == blend) then
(
for b = 1 to a.material.numsubs do
(

if (classof a.material.materialList[b] == Arch___Design__mi) then
(
a.material.materialList[b].opts_ao_on = true
a.material.materialList[b].opts_ao_distance = 24
a.material.materialList[b].opts_ao_samples = 24
)
)
)
)
)

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can anyone show me the light? Thanks!!

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Submitted by MKlejnowski on Thu, 2012-08-16 00:28.

Try this out. The maxScript

Try this out. The maxScript Reference says "MultiSubMaterial is obsolete and is visible only for backward compatibility." Hope it works.

for a in objects do
(
	if (classof a.material == blend) then
	(
		--Map 1
		if (classof a.material.map1 == Arch___Design__mi) then
		(
			a.material.map1.opts_ao_on = true
			a.material.map1.opts_ao_distance = 24
			a.material.map1.opts_ao_samples = 24
		)--End test Map 1
 
		--Map 2
		if (classof a.material.map2 == Arch___Design__mi) then
		(
			a.material.map2.opts_ao_on = true
			a.material.map2.opts_ao_distance = 24
			a.material.map2.opts_ao_samples = 24
		)--End test Map 2
	)
)--End a in objects

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Submitted by TSuess on Thu, 2012-08-16 12:22.

Perfect!

Thanks so much MK! Works perfectly!

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