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This panel provides a way to browse the Maxwell materials available on your system. For every MXM file found in the material database, the material browser shows a small preview of the material. Within the Maxwell installation folder there is a material database that you can browse. If you have set a material folder in your Studio preferences (Edit> Preferences> Paths), the Material Browser will open in that folder.
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The Material Browser panel
Assigning/adding materials from the browser to you objects is done by drag and drop, in one of three ways:
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The Web tab allows you to search for a material in the entire online MXM Gallery database, from within Maxwell Studio. This gives you access to thousands of free materials, just a few clicks away, ready to be used in your scenes.
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Use the Search field to type in a material name and the results of your search will be displayed in the window below. Use the Advanced Search to specify keywords, search by color, and specify a category or displaying options. The window below will show you the materials that match your searching criteria, their thumbnails, and some specific data such as rating, the creator’s name and the upload date. Sort them by rate to easily get the more valued ones.
Click on the thumbnail to display a bigger version. Drag the desired material to the Materials List or Material Editor, and the material will be downloaded automatically, unzipped, and added to your scene. You can also drag it over an object or triangles group to automatically assign it to your objects.
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Searching for a material with displacement on the MXM Gallery with Studio
To be allowed able to browse and download materials you have to be registered and logged in to the MXM Gallery. Once registered, you have to set your username and password in the Studio Preferences to be automatically logged in each time you open Studio.
In the Preferences panel, in the Materials> MXM Go to Edit>Preferences>Materials>MXM Gallery section, you and must set your MXM Gallery user account and specify the folder where these materials are going to be stored. By ticking the “Download files in project folder” option the materials will be downloaded to the same folder where the MXS file is located.
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Your username and password for the MXM Gallery is not the same as those for the Customer Portal. |
Setting your MXM Gallery username and password in the Studio Preferences panel
If you are connecting to the internet through a Proxy, you must set the proxy Host Name, Port, Username and Password on this same panel.
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Ask your IT manager about these settings in case you have any query about your network configuration. |
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