Material Renamer V1

This tool allows you to efficiently rename materials in your Maya scene with powerful options for batch processing, search & replace, and flexible naming conventions.

=== HOW TO USE ===

1. REFRESH MATERIALS

   • Click 'Refresh List' to load all materials from your scene

   • Materials are automatically filtered (excludes default Maya materials)

2. SELECT MATERIALS

   • Click on materials in the list to select them

   • Hold Ctrl/Cmd for multi-selection

   • Use Shift for range selection

3. RENAMING OPTIONS

   PREFIX & SUFFIX:

   • Prefix: Adds text before the material name (e.g., "M_materialName")

   • Suffix: Adds text after the material name (e.g., "materialName_01")

   NEW NAME:

   • Replaces the entire base name of selected materials

   • Leave empty to keep original names

   SEARCH & REPLACE:

   • Find: Text to search for in material names

   • Replace: Text to replace it with

   • Case Sensitive: Match exact capitalization

   • Whole Words: Match complete words only

   • Click 'Find' to auto-select materials containing the search text

4. PREVIEW CHANGES

   • Live preview updates as you type

   • Shows exactly what the new names will be

   • Click 'Preview Changes' for manual refresh

5. APPLY CHANGES

   • Click 'Rename Materials' to apply all changes

   • Confirmation dialog shows before applying

   • Automatically prevents naming conflicts