This script will allow you to assign material IDs randomly to a selection of editable_poly objects in 3dsMax. They must be editable_poly objects and it will replace the material of the objects. Don’t worry- you can hit “undo” and it’ll reverse the assignment if you don’t like the outcome. It’s a fast and easy way to assign random colors to your selection
- By Object
- By Sub-Object (element)
- By Smoothing Group
- By Polygon
To use the tool, just run the script from any location and it’ll pop up with the dialog window with your options. Make sure you’ve selected the objects you want to assign random materials to!
Enjoy!
Click this link to download the Material-Randomizer-v0.84. To install, just download the zip file and decompress it into your plugins/std folder. You can also run it directly by running it from the Maxscript menu.
By jaemoon March 23, 2011 - 8:32 am
good Script^^
By lluly March 31, 2011 - 3:33 am
Very nice indeed thanks heaps.
By thanulee April 12, 2011 - 11:49 am
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I hope my english are proper enough for such a sentence
cheers
By Mr. Bluesummers April 13, 2011 - 4:02 am
Thanks Thanulee! Glad you like it. Don’t forget to link to this site to help other people find it.
By julian April 27, 2011 - 5:20 am
hi I’m back again
is there anyway of making a little animation witha transparant background?
thanks
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By pBarrelas June 16, 2011 - 10:36 am
Thanks a lot for this script.
I would suggest to add a field to the script GUI, where you can manually set the number of Material IDs rather the default 32.
By SUDHANSU January 4, 2012 - 7:40 am
THANK YOU
USEFUL SCRIPT