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Materials List for trueSpace7.61

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Plugin and scripts for working with D3D materials. Displays a list of materials with controls for naming and editing the material and selecting the objects that use the material.

persistent base install v3 required

Material Utilities - required install

Clintons3dPlugin.rsx - version 1638456(Aug 28 2024) required install

A version comes pre-installed in the Unofficial trueSpace Updates - https://www.united3dartists.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=55

UU version does not have the toolbar button and some small internal code differences.

Installation:

  1. Reset the Default Context if any toolbars have been modified
  2. install the persistent base if not already installed
  3. install new rsx plugin if needed
  4. install the Material Utilities
  5. drag the node into the link editor and press the install button
  6. delete the node from the scene after install is complete
materials list panel

Controls:

  • Update - update the list with any changes to the materials. If nothing is selected the first item in the scene will be selected first.
  • Home End - move to the beginning or end of the list
  • PgUp PgDn - move through the list one page of 8 items at a time.
Row details - left to right
  • Active - select for Select, Edit and Delete operations
  • Status Color -
    • White is no material instancing
    • Green is scene instanced material
    • Yellow is scene instanced material not assigned to anything in the scene
    • Black is no material
  • Material Preview
  • Name - add/assign a name to the material node. Type the name below then press to make it happen.Must be pressed after typing a new name
  • Name Input - will show as "N/A" if the material does not have a name and will show as "NULL" if the name has no value
Bottom Section
  • Select - select the objects that use the selected material
  • Edit - edit/load the selected material into the material editor.
  • Delete - delete the selected scene instanced material that is not assigned to any object(Yellow status).
  • Material Utilities - open the material utilities panel
materials list options panel

Options:

  • Selected Only - only show materials for the selected objects
  • Edit Force Copy - when Edit is pressed force the creation of a new material, otherwise use the correponding material editor settings.
  • Include Dimensions - include the materials of dimension objects
  • Scene Instanced Only - get the list directly from the scene 'Materials' encapsulator.

Notes:

  • is most useful for scene instanced materials or scenes with a small number of renderable objects
  • not compatible with object instanced materials
  • materials must be in material list form - "Material List" node contains the material nodes
    use the Material Utilities to convert
  • the top of the panel will show how many materials were found and the index range of the currently displayed materials. The indices start at 0.

November 16, 2024

  • remove curve objects from the display
  • option only display for selected objects
  • option copy material to be edited
  • option include dimension objects material
  • option scene instanced - goal was to speed up the process but it looks like the most time is spent in the copy of the material to the panel display

August 28, 2024

  • does not require stack view for proper updates
  • does not require any selections to work
  • requires new rsx plugin

August 15, 2024

  • does not close other panels

August 14, 2024

  • Material Utilities button was not using load on demand - fixed
  • Allowed opening multiple panels - fixed
  • Installer fixed Scripts Manager not loading or unloading, CCFunctionSet updated with correct path to the script

August 13, 2024

  • uses "standard" floating panel
  • load on demand install type
  • forces panel view open and if nothing selected selects th first item in the scene - all required for the panel to update
  • open panel resets to the top of the list
  • home and end buttons adapted from UU version
  • smaller material preview and fewer buttons - not so busy
  • new materials utilities button
  • "no undo" script commands to update the panel
  • auto press update button adapted from the UU version
  • Page Up and Page Down may have been reversed in previous version

December 19, 2023

  • added some checks for non-existing nodes and some error messages
December 16, 2023
December 16, 2023