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- Emitter materials are converted to emitters
- Materials with transparency are converted to transparent materials
- Materials with shininess are converted to plastic materials
- Other materials are converted to diffuse materials
- Textures are supported – note that texture files are stored in sub-folder of the project folder with the name derived from the project name (project_Textures). Do not delete these files – otherwise the Maxwell rendering engine won't render the project.
Maxwell MXM materials as special parameters of native ArchiCAD materials
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The material browser is used for loading Maxwell MXM materials into the material dialog of ArchiCAD. The Browser allows for quick and easy location of desired materials even you have many MXM files on disk. The Browser view contains individual previews of MXM materials and sub-folders of specified location. You can enter sub-folder by double-clicking on it.
WEB Gallery
You can connect From the MXM Material Browser you can easily connect to the MXM gallery server and choose from thousands of materials made by other Maxwell users. . After you click on the WEB Gallery button the plugin opens the MXM Gallery database. You can read about it more at Material Browser panel (see text under Browsing the MXM Gallery (Web tab)).
After you download the desired material file program returns back to the browser window (your new mxm file selected).
Maxwell Grass
Maxwell Grass is handled as material property in the ArchiCAD plugin. It means you can enable the Grass property on the material level, and the plugin translates it automatically to Maxwell Geometry modifier.
For more information on the operation of the actual grass parameters, please consult the standard Maxwell Grass documentation.