How check material object

Submitted by Michele71 on Fri, 2010-09-17 11:11

Hi

The question is very simple:

How do I understand the material applied to an object?

I have a box with any type material (standard, Mentalray etc.) in viewport. Now I want analyze the box and find what type of material is applied. How to do this?
I have not found anything on MaxScript help...

Thanks in advance

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Submitted by Anubis on Fri, 2010-09-17 15:31.

If the result is Undefined,

If the result is Undefined, maybe the object has not material or is unselected.

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Submitted by Michele71 on Fri, 2010-09-17 13:19.

Yes Anubis: With

Yes Anubis:

With $Box01.material I have type of material and number of slot :)
With ClassOf $Box01.material only type of material.

A big Thanks Anubis!!

P.S. Before writing this post for help, I tried "$.material" but the result is "Undefined"...Why???

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Submitted by Anubis on Fri, 2010-09-17 13:08.

Is this - "$Box01.material"

Is this - "$Box01.material" or maybe this - "ClassOf $Box01.material" ?

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