Cinema 4D Search Material 0.3

Thanks Dast for this - it's very helpful.

Currently it seems to be case sensitive. Would it be possible to add case sensitivity as a preference?

31 minutes ago, Mike A said:

Currently it seems to be case sensitive.

Thanks for the feedback!

You are correct. I missed testing the plugin with lower and uppercase. My bad.

However, I don't see the point in providing a preference for this. I assume that making it case insensitive would be good enough.

Version 0.2 will have this update, but I am waiting for some more feedback before releasing the update, as I am sure I must have overlooked other minor but obvious annoyances.

Case insensitive would be fine for me : )
Many thanks for your generosity in providing this - much appreciated!

Strange but it totallydoesn't work for me. After that I have only doubled menu line :

1 hour ago, Smolak said:

Strange but it totallydoesn't work for me. After that I have only doubled menu line :

1. Does the Python console show anything ?

2. Could you remove the plugin, then relaunch Cinema4D and make a screenshots of your Material Manager with every menu item selected.

As I see from your screenshot you're using R21 or above. Apparently the menu items have changed since R20, which might be the cause of your issue.

I'm on R23 and have this info :

Probably python3 issue...

There´s info on the bottom about functionality thru versions...

"Note: plugin is written to work with R16 upto R20. Not tested on R21/S22. Will not work with R23 (yet). "

Well, xrange does not exist in Python 3 any more, it must be range now (but that is functionally equivalent).

Since the code is encrypted, you can't change it yourself though.

New version 0.2 has been uploaded, which should solve all issues mentioned above (see also the Details tab, for more info)

Since different version of Cinema4D have different Material Manager menu I have decided to simply append a Search menu item at the end of the existing menu, instead of trying to insert it into an existing one. As this would clash with other plugins adjusting these menus as well.

I have also added a toggle button, which allows to show or hide the materials that match the entered text.

Big thanks to user bezo for beta-testing the latest version.

Many Thanks Dash! Very useful tool and thank you very much for taking your valuable time in developing this magic solution.

Cheers.

6 minutes ago, jacobite said:

Many Thanks Dash!

Dash ? I feel like some laundry detergent ...

You're welcome! But it's far from magic.

5 stars from me : )

Thank you.

This sounds great, but I feel dumb now. I can't see how to use this. I put your folder into my C4D folder, then hit Run Script, but I get an "Unknown script file." error. Little help please.

20 minutes ago, BigAl3D said:

This sounds great, but I feel dumb now. I can't see how to use this. I put your folder into my C4D folder, then hit Run Script, but I get an "Unknown script file." error. Little help please.

This isn't a script but a plugin. So make sure to have the folder inside the Cinema4D's Plugin folder.

No need to hit Run Script, as the plugin is loaded when Cinema4D starts.

If all is well, the plugin should have added a "Search" menu item into your Material Manager. You can use that menu item to launch the plugin's search dialog window. Or you can do the same from the Plugins menu.

Great plugin. Waiting update for R25. 

On 4/8/2022 at 1:53 AM, bhenksuhendra said:

Waiting update for R25. 

The plugin was updated for R23 to support Python 3. This also works for R25, no further update required.

Any plan on updating for 2023 version? Couldn't load the plugin.

On 12/22/2022 at 3:46 AM, mamatlau said:

Any plan on updating for 2023 version? Couldn't load the plugin.

It's working for me with version 2023.1.0

1. "Search Material" being a Python plugin its welcome message shows up in the Python console window

2. The plugin is running as the additional "Search" menu item is present in the Material manager.

3. Pressing the Search menu item does open the plugin's option window to accept user input for searching and filtering.

I'm currently using 2023.1.3 and in the console it says "Search Material v0.2 - unsupported version" The menu in the material manager is shown "search" but didn't have any sub-menu. 

Actually, even me with version 2023.1.0 gives the same error: "Search Material v0.2 - unsupported version".

Tested successfully with version 2023.1.3 as well.

Should you get the "unsupported version" message showing up in the console, then I am afraid you're running (as the message implies) an unsupported version of Cinema4D.

2023.1.3 works for me!

But it looks like the plugin always creates a material called 'Mat' with a Sky texture applied when it is used the first time in each new project. Kind of strange behavior. After that I can delete the material and it won't appear again. 

Anyway, really great little plugin to work with in big scenes! Thank you!

1 hour ago, DALII said:

... looks like the plugin always creates a material ...

That is weird.

The plugin retrieves all available materials from the scene, and only changes the flag to show or hide

material.ChangeNBit(c4d.NBIT_OHIDE, showorhide)

Nowhere in the code does it actually create any material.

Did a quick test: This only happened with our new / template scene. In a blank new project everything worked fine, as it should be. 

It looks like it is fixed, if I use 'Delete Unused Materials' before executing the script the first time. Maybe there is an old material somehwere unused in the cache / system / or whatsoever (?)

Seems fixed now! Thank you for pointing out that it had to be on our end! 

2 minutes ago, DALII said:

Seems fixed now! Thank you for pointing out that it had to be on our end!

Glad the issue got resolved.

And many thanks for the feedback. I really do appreciate the follow up response.