When i assign a texture to one object like my Kitchen counter top max also assign it to my living room table even those they are different objects and made differently. is there anyway to stop max from doing this? without mading the table again?

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These are some things I can think of that might cause that to happen.

Do the materials have the same name? Did you have both objects selected when you applied the material? Did you instance the material into another slot?

If you want to post the scene, we can look at it for you.

3ds Max 2009 SP1, 2010 SP1
Maya 2012
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Dual Intel Xeon E5520, 6 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OC

I don’t have the same named appied to the materials I add a default gray in one slot for the Living room table. and then i select the kitchen counter top and asign my red texture but as i have said “Max like to add the same material for both” I don’t have the two both object selected when i appily the material.

Computer engineer, 3ds max freelancer
3ds max used currantly using max 9 (7, 8)
poser using 8 (5,6,7)
windows xp sp2
512 memory
40 and 80 gb hard drives
sis mirage 3 VGA Card
Asus motherboard

It’s a little hard to tell where the problem is coming from without it in front of me. Can you reproduce the problem with other objects? Or just those two?

3ds Max 2009 SP1, 2010 SP1
Maya 2012
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Dual Intel Xeon E5520, 6 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OC

i’ll send you the file and texture in a private message but i am not willing to do put it on here sorry

Computer engineer, 3ds max freelancer
3ds max used currantly using max 9 (7, 8)
poser using 8 (5,6,7)
windows xp sp2
512 memory
40 and 80 gb hard drives
sis mirage 3 VGA Card
Asus motherboard

To check on the assignment of materials in a scene:
1. Open the Material Editor
2. Click on the Get Material icon (blue ball, far-left, just under the sample slots)
3. Set Browse From to Scene

In the attached example the material “Marble Green Perlin” is shown as a Standard type, and assigned to both the Earth and Mars objects.

What you are describing will occur if both objects are in the same closed Group, and you assign the material to the group.

Tim Wilbers [FA]

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Visual Arts
University of Dayton
http://www.udayton.edu/
3ds Max: 7.5, 8, 9, 2008, 2009, 2010

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same problem Tim, all i have attached is the kitchen top and the kitchen counter. i only have the living room table grouped because i made that first

Computer engineer, 3ds max freelancer
3ds max used currantly using max 9 (7, 8)
poser using 8 (5,6,7)
windows xp sp2
512 memory
40 and 80 gb hard drives
sis mirage 3 VGA Card
Asus motherboard

If you cannot post the scene, can you post a screen grab of the Material/Map browser, set to Browse from Scene, with the problem material highlighted?

Tim Wilbers [FA]

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Visual Arts
University of Dayton
http://www.udayton.edu/
3ds Max: 7.5, 8, 9, 2008, 2009, 2010

Tim,
I am not repeating myself I told you what the problem is

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I don’t see “living room table” anywhere in the material list.  So which material is on the living room table?

Max 2009, 2010 32/64
VistaP 64 SP1
Intel Q9550 8GB
ATI 4870x2
Patriot 128GB SSD

There is no object called “living room table” so I will assume the table is made up of the “table...” objects listed below.

Material name “22-Default” is a Standard material.
It is assigned to the following objects:
Kitchen counter
table frame
table tile
table tile01
table tile02
table tile03
table tile04
table tile05

How are you assigning the materials?
Please describe the steps you are using for the different ways you have tried.

Can you delete all but the above objects, zip that scene file and post it?

Tim Wilbers [FA]

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Visual Arts
University of Dayton
http://www.udayton.edu/
3ds Max: 7.5, 8, 9, 2008, 2009, 2010

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