Material_Switcher : Material

Material_Switcher - superclass: material; super-superclass:MAXWrapper - 5:0 - classID: #(1322087590L, 0L)

Exposes the functionality for the new Material Switcher material type.

Example

-- material switcher example
resetMaxFile #noprompt

t = teapot()
ms = Material_Switcher()
for i = 1 to ms.nummats do (
    my_mat = standardMaterial diffuse:(random (color 0 0 0) (color 255 255 255)) name:(uniqueName "RndMat")
    ms.materialList[i]=my_mat
    )
        
t.material = ms
    
-- randomly assign a material
ms.selection = random 1  ms.nummats
    

Properties:

  .materialList (Material) : material array

An array of materials assigned to the material switcher slots, with the array index corresponding to the slot number in the Material Switcher UI.

  .names : string array

An array of material names. These are not the actual material names, but rather the names the user can assign to each slot.

  .selection : integer

Gets/sets the currently selected material slot.

  .nummats : integer

The number of material slots available in the switcher. By default this is 10.

  .UILocked : boolean

Toggles the Material Switcher lock. When true, the user cannot change the selected material by clicking on a material icon.

  .material1 (alias for materialList[0])

The first material in the Material Switcher list.

Interfaces:

Interface: Material Switcher

Methods:

    <material>GetActiveMaterial()

Returns the currently active material.

    <material>SelectMaterialByID <integer>Index

Makes the material at the specified index the selected material.

    <material>SelectMaterialByName <string>Name

Makes the material with the specified name the selected material. Note that this is not the actual material name, but the name assigned by the user to the slot, and the method will find the first complete match based on the index. If more than one material share the same user name, the first one will be returned.

    <string>selectedname()

Returns the slot name for the currently active material.