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A Search bar where you can specify a filter criteria with wildcards.

Filter case sensitivity.

Filters by metadata.

Sorts by name.

Opens the Material Editor when applying a material to selection.

Forces Enables the real-world scale option of VRayBitmaps (when adding the material to a scene or selection).

Forces Triplanar Enables triplanar mapping on VRayBitmaps (when adding the material to scene or selection).

Opens the V-Ray Material Library Companion Tool where you can add the content to asset library.

Specifies thumbnails size.

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Right-click on a thumbnail in the V-Ray Material Library Browser opens a context menu where you can control the selected material:

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Preview Preview – Opens a preview of the selected asset and shows basic information.

Add to scene material editor – Adds the asset node in the Material Editor.

Apply to selected object(s) – Applies the asset to a selected object(s) in the scene.

Add to favorites – Adds the selected asset to the Favorites panel on the right of the V-Ray Material Library Browser.

 

 

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Right-click on a thumbnail in the Favorites panel opens a context menu with the following options:

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Preview –  Opens a preview of the selected asset and shows basic information.

Browse to – Browses to the exact location of the asset in the V-Ray Material Library.

Apply to selection(s) – Applies the asset to a selected object(s) in the scene.

Add to scene – Adds material editor – Adds the asset node in the Material Editor.

Remove from favorites – Removes the selected asset from the Favorites panel.

Add all to scene material editor – Adds all assets from the Favorites panel to the Material Editor.

Clear favorites – Empties the Favorites panel.

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  • V-Ray Material Library Browser is not supported for 3ds Max versions earlier than 2018. The V-Ray Material Library can be used there by loading it from Material/Map Browser in 3ds Max material editor.
  • With V-Ray 5 Update 1, the V-Ray Asset Browser has been renamed V-Ray Material Library Browser.
  • User material libraries saved with newer versions of 3ds Max won't work in older host versions. For example, .mat files saved with 3ds Max 2021 and added to the V-Ray Material Library Browser will show errors in 3ds Max 2019 and won't appear in the library.
  • Note that Cosmos browser is using a built-in browser window in 3ds Max 2019 and newer, and opens an external window with previous 3ds Max versions.