Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/3D interaction/Materials Utils

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Material Utils
Menu of material tools (assign, select by etc.)

UI location	Group: 3D View
Usage	Q Key in the 3D view to start the menu
Version	1.5	Author(s)	michaelw
Blender	2.66.6	License	GPL

Executable information

File name	space_view3d_materials_utils.py
Current version download	https://svn.blender.org/svnroot/bf-extensions/trunk/py/scripts/addons/space_view3d_materials_utils.py

Links and troubleshooting

Bug reports	https://projects.blender.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=22140

Installation

Note: This script comes with current Blender releases, so you shouldn't need to download and install it!

• Download the script then copy it into your \\.blender\scripts\addons folder.
• Or build the latest blender revision.
• Open Blender and go to the addons tab in User Preferences.
• Click the Install Addon button at the bottom and find the *.py file.
• Enable the script

Instructions

Additional Information

This script has several functions and operators... grouped for convenience

• Assign Material
  Offers the user a list of all the materials in the blend file and an additional "new" entry.
  • Object mode
    The chosen material will be assigned to all the selected objects.
  • Edit mode
    The selected polygons get the selected material applied.

  If the user chose "new" the new material can be renamed using the "last operator" section of the toolbox (aka Redo-Panel, at the bottom of the left sidebar in View 3D).
  

  Note: All previous material slots of the object will be removed and only one added for the material you assign!

• Select by Material
  • Object mode
    This offers the user a menu of all materials in the blend file. Any objects using the chosen material will become selected, any objects without the material will be removed from selection.
  • Edit mode
    The menu offers only the materials attached to the current object. It will select the polygons that use the material and deselect those that do not.

• Clean Material Slots
  For all selected objects, every empty material slot or material slots with materials that are not used by the mesh polygons, will be removed.

• Remove Material Slots
  Removes all material slots of the active object.

• Material to Texface
  Transfers material assignments to the UV editor. This is useful if you assigned materials in the properties editor, as it will use the already set up materials to assign the UV images per-face. It will use the first enabled image texture it finds.

• Texface to Materials
  Creates texture materials from images assigned in UV editor.

• Replace Materials
  Lets your replace one material by another. Optionally for all objects in the blend, otherwise for selected editable objects only. An additional option allows you to update object selection, to indicate which objects were affected and which not.

Known Issues

• Buggy, Broken in Cycles mode.

Support

• See forums at Blender Artists.