Interface: XMLMaterial

Interfaces > Core Interfaces > XMLMaterial

REMOVED in 3ds Max 2015:

The XMLMaterial Core Interface allowed the export of a single material or an array of materials to XML format.

It performed the same functions through MAXScript as the Material XML Exporter Utility which was not directly exposed and was also removed from 3ds Max 2015.

Alias:

XmlMtlExporter

Properties:

XMLMaterial.bitmapURL : string : Read|Write

Get/Set the bitmap URL as string

XMLMaterial.thumbnails : bool : Read|Write

When set to True, thumbnails will be exported.

XMLMaterial.thumbnailURL : string : Read|Write

Get/Set the URL of the thumbnails as string

XMLMaterial.catalogFormat : bool : Read|Write

Enable/Disable catalog format

XMLMaterial.transformWithXSLT : bool : Read|Write

Enable XSLT transform

XMLMaterial.transformURL : string : Read|Write

Get/Set the transform URL

Methods:

<bool>XMLMaterial.export <material>mtl <filename>filename

Export the specified material to the supplied file name.

Returns True on success, False otherwise.

<bool>XMLMaterial.exportArray <&material array>mtlArray <filename>filename 

mtlArray is In and Out parameter

Export the specified array of material to the supplied file name.

Returns True on success, False otherwise.