Red Wolves Batch Material Maker Add-on Documentation

Overview

The Red Wolves Batch Material Maker is a Blender add-on designed to streamline the creation and organization of materials from texture sets. It automates the process of generating materials and arranging them in a structured grid layout. This add-on is perfect for 3D artists looking to save time and maintain consistency in their projects.

Installation

Download the Add-on:

• Ensure you have the add-on zip file batch_material_maker.zip.
  

Install in Blender:

Either drag and drop zipped file into Blender interface and click "OK" or...

• Open Blender
• Go to Edit > Preferences
• Select the Add-ons tab
• Click Install....
• Select the batch_material_maker.zip file
• Click Install Add-on
• Enable the add-on by checking the box next to "Batch Material Maker"

Accessing the Add-on

• Open the 3D Viewport
• Press N to open the sidebar
• Navigate to the "Batch Material Maker" tab

You need to save Blender file first before usingn the add-on

Import Options

• Set the folder path where your texture sets are stored.
• Optionally, choose to scan subfolders.
• Skip files containing certain keywords if needed

Material Naming

• Optional - Add a prefix to keep materials organized.
• Use folder names as material names or type your desired material name
• Replace parts of the name - looks for the text in folder name or texture name and removes it from the final material name

Detect & Replace Texture Suffixes

Choose what suffixes are assigned to which channels. You can also disable looking for a specific channel. "Search fuill name" option enables looking for the desired string in any part of texture name, not only at the end.

Create Materials

Optionally Adjust strength for Normal map, Bump map, Displacement, then click Create Materials to generate all materials and preview spheres.

The Merge Materials tool helps you clean up your scene by automatically combining duplicate materials. When creating materials in bulk, Blender sometimes adds numerical suffixes (like .001, .002, etc.) to material names—even if the materials are identical. This can lead to clutter and unnecessary duplicates. The Merge Materials button looks through your scene for materials like:

• Wood
• Wood.001
• Wood.002

…and if they’re duplicates of the original Wood material, it replaces them all with the original one.

With "Mark All Scene Materials as Assets" you can mark all materials in the scene as assets for easy management.

Preset Management:

• Preset Name: Enter the name of the preset to save or load
• Select Preset: Dropdown menu to select an existing preset
• Save Preset: Save the current settings as a preset
• Load Preset: Load the selected preset
• Delete Preset: Delete the selected preset.

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