Download And Upload Materials

Downloading LiveDB MaterialsA set of attributes or parameters that describe surface characteristics.

There are 3 ways to download material from LiveDB.

Click the Download button on the upper left of the interface. The material will then appear in the MaterialThe representation of the surface or volume properties of an object. Editor.

Drag and drop the selected material directly onto a Live Viewer object (figure 1). The material will appear in the Material Editor as well as being assigned to the object in the scene.

Right click on the material and select Download from the Context menu.

Figure 1: Applying a LiveDB material to an object in the Live Viewer.

Saving Materials to the Local DB

Select the Octane material from the Material Manager. Then select Local DB from the Materials category then drag and drop the material into the preview area (figure 2).

Figure 2: Saving materials to the Local DB.

Uploading Selected Materials to the LiveDB

There is currently no way of uploading to the LiveDB from within C4D. However, the material can be uploaded to the LiveDB using Octane Standalone.

Open Octane Standalone, click on the Local DB tab in the Scene Outliner window on the left. You will see the material you have saved in the material list (figure 3).

Figure 3: The Local DB material in Octane Standalone.

Select the material you want to upload and drag and drop it into the Nodegraph Editor area (figure 4).

Figure 4: Adding the Local DB material to the Nodegraph Editor.

Select your material in the Nodegraph Editor and right-click on it then select Save from the Context menu (figure 5).

Figure 5: Choosing Save from the Context menu in the Nodegraph Editor.

In the Save window, select Location as LiveDb (figure 6).

Figure 6: Saving a material to the LiveDB from the Octane Standalone Nodegraph Editor.

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