Select by Material 3ds Max 2026

[CharlyRT]

Hi
I cant use Select by Material in 3ds max 2026, it select a random object on any scene, has anyone encounter with this issue too?
Its also happening in Vray, maybe its a 3ds max bug, but I have found some issues only while installing plugins, I have reported this in both forums too.

[maru]

Oh wow, it really is like that. It also happens with Arnold selected as the renderer, plus I don't think the select by material option is affected by us in any way, so we can only hope Autodesk release a hotfix...

[CharlyRT]

Confirmed from Autodesk, its an issue caused by an update to Vault that its affecting not only Select by material but another tools too:

"Unfortunately, an update to a Vault/ DevExpress component broke this functionality in the Scene Explorer code. This also affects a couple of other functionalities such as Select By Name in XRef Objects and Unhide By Name. 😢 It will need to be addressed in an update."

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-forum/select-by-material-broken/m-p/13611263#M219067