To control whether a Material behaves as linked or as embedded, use the MXM path and 'Link to' options in the Material's C4D Attribute Manager interface: Furthermore, it is prone to error, since directory structures most likely will not match from one machine to the next, and this often results in broken MXM links, and material assignments which do not produce any valid Maxwell material during export.Īs such, a Maxwell Material in the Maxwell for Cinema 4D plugin may operate in one of two modes: either linked to an MXM file on your machine, or embedded directly in the C4D document. While this is entirely possible to do, and even preferable for some workflows, it means that in addition to a C4D file, you also need to bring along any number of physical MXM files with you when you want to transfer a document from one machine to another.
If it did not do so, Maxwell materials could only exist as file paths stored in the document which reference MXM files on your disk. It is necessary for the plugin to have its own 'version' of Maxwell MXM materials, so that it can save them directly inside of C4D documents. Plugin Materials and Maxwell MXM Filesįirstly, it is important to recognize that there is a difference between an MXM file on your hard disk and a Maxwell Material contained in a C4D file – they are not the same thing, though they are very similar. To create a new Maxwell Material, either use C4D's Material Manager (as with any material), or click the 'Material' item in the plugin's main menu.
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