3ds Max – Remove Material

This is one of those things that is so easy to do, but I keep forgetting to do.

After applying a material, and we want to remove it from the geometry, do these steps:

1. Select the geometry
2. Go to Utilities menu (hammer icon, most right tab)
3. Click on More
4. Select UVW Remove
5. Under Parameter sub-menu, pick Remove: Materials. If you want, check Set Gray box, so the geometry doesn’t turn black.

See this video for how to remoee material: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMygjgW3AyM

If we want to use this option a lot, you can set it to a button on Max. To do this, do these steps:

1. Go to Utilities menu
2. Click on Configure Button Sets
3. Increase the number of Total Buttons by 1
4. Find UVW Remove from the Utilities List on the left, drag it to the new empty button