[Closed] Material editor layout ?

I was unable to find any maxscript interface but there are macros fo this thing try this

 
actionMan.executeAction 0 "50048" -- Tools: Material Editor
actionMan.executeAction 2 "40293" -- Material Editor: Cycle 3X2, 5X3, 6X4 Sample Slots

Hope this helps
Mobeen

To get the setting you can use:

currentMatLibZoom = getINISetting ((GetDir #maxroot) + "\\3dsmax.ini") "MtlEditorPosition" "ZoomLevel"
if currentMatLibZoom == "0" then print "3 X 2 Sample Windows"
else if currentMatLibZoom == "1" then print "5 X 3 Sample Windows"
else if currentMatLibZoom == "2" then print "6 X 4 Sample Windows"

Using the setINISetting command changes the value in the ini file but does not update the material editor, closing and reopening does not help either.

I think you can achieve what you want combining mobeen and blue’s methods.

Say you want to set the sample windows to 5×3:

You first change the ini setting to 0, and then call this:
actionMan.executeAction 2 “40293” – Material Editor: Cycle 3X2, 5X3, 6X4 Sample Slots

So this will change the sample windows to the next value, which is 5×3.

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