Iray+ Material Library Converter

Iray for 3ds Max includes a utility for converting the units used in specific material libraries. The plugin uses 1 meter units for all materials and maps. If your workflow uses different scales then you will need to convert our libraries and any libraries you have created to this.

Using the Iray+ Library Converter

The Iray+ Library Converter is accessible via the Utilities tab on the Tool panel:

  ➤     ➤   Iray+ Library Converter

1. To enable the Iray+ Library Converter, from the Tool panel under Utilities > More…, select Iray+ Library Converter.

2. Click Select Material Libraries… and navigate to your material libraries (.mat) in the file system.
3. Select one or more libraries and open them:

4. Set the unit scale used when the material library was saved; for Iray-supplied material libraries the default will be 1 meter.
5. Click Convert to system units to convert to your currently set system units.

The converter will create a new material library for each library selected. These will be saved in the same location as the original. The new material libraries will have a suffix indicating the current system units, i.e. examplelibary_in.mat for inches.

See Also:

• Using Materials
• Material Libraries
• Iray+ Conversion Materials
• Scene Conversion

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