Quickly create PBR materials in bulk from textures.
Customize presets and generate material libraries from thousands of textures, all within Project Manager.
Fine-tune material presets directly within Project Manager, and generate material libraries from thousands of textures in a single batch.
Supports Vray, Corona, Arnold, Redshift, Octane, and FStorm.
Supports to Project Manager 3.37.69 or newest
Supports to Materials Manager 2.42.02 or newest
Installation
First, download the PBR Materials Generator.
• Extract the contents into a folder, for example Project Manager add-ons
• Open Project/Materials Manager.
• Add the script to the interface. It is most convenient to place it in the treeview menu, although you may also add it to the toolbar if you prefer.
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Suffix Define suffix patterns to ignore parts of file names when grouping textures.
Example:
_1K, _2K can be ignored by setting the suffix to _[0-9]*k.
Group Files: If the folder contains multiple different file sets, the algorithm will attempt to split them into groups for material creation.
Possible values: Enable / Auto / Disable
Enable – Always groups textures into separate sets for material creation.
Auto – Automatically determines whether to group files based on their names and structure.
Disable – Disables grouping, leaving all files in a single list.
Group by extension Group by extension – When enabled, file grouping considers file extensions (JPG, TIF, etc.).
Preferred Resolutions Possible values: Use All Available / Highest Available / Lowest Available
Use All Available – Processes all texture variations, regardless of resolution suffix. (Default behavior)
Highest Available – Selects only one texture with the highest available resolution in each set.
Lowest Available – Selects only one texture with the lowest available resolution in each set.
Resolution Determination – The tool detects resolution using common suffixes such as _1K, _2K, _4K, etc. Textures without specified suffixes will be used always
Include Subfolders Include Subfolders: If enabled, the tool will scan all subdirectories for textures.
Output Defines where generated material libraries will be saved.
Save Materials to the Specified Path: material libraries will be stored to one directory.
Save to a Single Material Library: all materials will be stored in a single .mat library file.
Save Materials in the Same Folder as Textures : material libraries will be stored alongside the original textures.
Save to version Save to version: Specify the desired 3D Max version for material library saving (supports 2024 and later).
Renderer Choose between supported renderers (e.g., V-Ray, Corona).
Preset Select predefined material settings
Edit Preset Open the dialog to add/edit custom presets
Library Overwrite Mode Possible values: Overwrite / Auto-Rename / Confirm Overwrite
Overwrite – Replaces existing material libraries with the same name.
Auto-Rename – Creates a new version of the material library with a unique name instead of replacing it.
Confirm Overwrite – Prompts the user before replacing existing material library.
Logging Enable Logging: If checked, the script will generate a log file.
Log Path: Defines the directory where logs will be saved.
Generate Materials Start the generation process
