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Maxwell MXM materials as special parameters of native ArchiCAD materials
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It is possible (and advisable) to use Maxwell MXM materials (stored as separate files) with ArchiCAD projects. There is an extensive library of MXM materials distributed with the Maxwell rendering engine or you can easily create your own materials. |
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Maxwell MXM material parameters are accessible from the Material dialog of ArchiCAD when the Maxwell rendering engine Rendering Engine is selected as the active rendering engine for material preview. Note that the interactive preview of a the Maxwell material is shown in the preview control of the material panel.
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Preview
Starts Maxwell material editor (MXED) in wizard mode to create your own material. You are presented with save file dialog which will allow you to specify the name/location of the MXM file you are about to create – after that MXED is started in wizard mode to guide you through the process of creating a Maxwell material – you may consult Maxwell manual for details on MXED and Maxwell MXM materials.
MXM Material
Load
Opens material browser to select a MXM material to load. Once the file is selected its name is shown in the name control, path for the file is shown in path control and preview (if available) is updated in the preview control for easy preview of the loaded material.
Edit
Starts MXED in edit mode with the specified MXM material loaded for quick modification of the material.
Reset
Removes MXM material attribute from ArchiCAD material.
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