that "show incompatible" really ís a good tip ted.

Another use of this little thick box is the following:

When assembling a scene with different models -let's say you bought several on turbosquid/ 3d02.com- max may give errors on missing dll's. this can happen when the imported models have vray of brasil materials on them and you haven't got vray/ brasil installed.
It may be a very hard job to locate the problem, but thicking this box will give you acces to those materials or maps you normally can't see.... and thus can't delete. In fact it just does what it says, but it's quite a sweet feature. took me a week to find out how it worked (has it always been there ?) but since then I use it on a daily basis.

>>but thicking this box will give you acces to those materials or maps you normally can't see.<<

Hi Pim,

Just to make sure I follow, because I don't have any models from vray or brazil materials, I simply choose the Scene radio button and drag the right side of the Material/Map Browser to make it wider and then I'll be able to access those materials to delete them from the scene.

That certainly sounds like a simple fix for a potentially frustrating problem. Thanks very much for passing it on, Pim.

Hope winter has set in too badly in Holland; it's just starting here in New England.

Ted

yeah Ted, it works just as you describe.
But if you're browsing you're scene materials, and you don't tick the "show incompatible" box, the naughty materials stay hidden, because they use a renderer you do;t have, and that way you can't delete them (because you won't see them at all)

winter won't really start here... never been so warm.... so you make sure you enjoy it :-)

>>But if you're browsing you're scene materials, and you don't tick the "show incompatible" box, the naughty materials stay hidden,>>

Excellent Pim, thanks much!

Later
Ted