Extremely Basic Material Question

[Weetbiscuits]

Using 3DS Max 6, when I am adding bitmaps to materials and applying them, I see the bitmap on the sphere preview in the material editor, but when I drag the material onto the box I made, the material does not show up unless I render. What changes do I need to make for the bitmap to show up in perspective view? Thank you!

[greedo]

there is a little blue and white checkerd box icon in the material editor (under the material view) once clicked... press f3 to get into shaded mode. tell me if that didnt help and i will post a pic

[Mr. Bluesummers-3DT]

Quick Reply
And don't forget, if you have a simple question that you think the help file would have, try that F1 key and type in key words. For this situation, I'd have put "Viewport texture" and read what comes up after the search. =)

Have fun!