converting to a single mesh by material

Hi Anibus,
Sorry if I seemed to be demanding! Didn't mean to. It is always possible to convert primitives to meshes in a few cliks.
But anyway thanks a lot for your time! You saved a lot of mine!

Best regards!

well, the script is updated

Yes, according to your request I wrote the script for meshes only.
Okay, I am here in 40 C (104 F) heat and try to work :) ...
but I'll modified the script for you, maybe soon ...
At the moment you can use snapshot tool to convert your objects to mesh ;)

Update:

Oh, I have found why it didn't work. I tested the script with simple boxes, but it handles only editable meshes. Maybe there is a point to make it work with primitives as well.
And again thanks a lot!

Hi, Anubis!

Thank you very much for attention!
While testing your script I always get the warning message - No meshes with material in selection! Tested in 3DS Max Design 2009 SP1.

I am not sure if there are similar so I wrote a script from scratch.

(
	mtl = #() ; tmp = #() ; fin = #()
	sel = selection as array
	if sel.count > 0 do -- filter selection
		sel = for i in sel where classOf i == Editable_mesh \
			and i.material != undefined collect i
	if sel.count == 0 then
		messageBox "Selection is empty!" title:"Attach Mesh by Material"
	else
	(
		for i in sel do
			appendIfUnique mtl i.material
		for m in mtl do
		(
			tmp = for i in sel where i.material == m collect i
			append fin tmp
		)
		undo on
		(
			for i in fin do
			(
				trg = i[1]
				deleteItem i 1
				for j in i do
					meshop.attach trg j attachMat:#IDToMat condenseMat:true
			)
		)
	)
)

I hope this help
(p.s. - script works also with Multi/Sub-Object materials)

[EDIT] Ultimately I changed the code slightly and upload the script here:
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/attach-mesh-by-material