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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe you are saying that all of the material slots in the material editor window are used up. In MAX, you may have any number of materials in a scene. To get additional material slots, just click the button that looks like an "X". This will clear the slot in the editor. When you do this, MAX will ask you if you want to clear just the editor slot, or the material in the scene as well. Since you want to make more materials, make sure you ONLY clear the editor slot. Now you have a free space! If you need to tweak a material that is in the scene but not in the editor, click the get material from button (a blue sphere with an arrow pointing to it) and click SCENE in the list in the upper left hand corner of the window that pops up. This window displays the name of every material in the scene, as well as the names of the objects each material is assigned to. When you haev this many materials in a scene, make sure you give each one a logical name so that this process becomes many times easier. Not only is this method a better method, but it is important to know that a material that is active in the editor takes up precious system resources. Be sure to keep only the materials you are currently working with active in the material editor window.

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