What are recommendations to Import Existing Material libraries in UE4?

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Hello,

Thanks in advance for any how to’s on best practice how to use material templates in UE4 with or without Datasmith?

Questions are: 1. If I have a full library of Arnold Materials and now I want to import all of them into Unreal and use them whenever,
how should I go about that so they are ready to be used in any new project?
My guess is I would have to apply all materials on objects then export as fbx?

(I saw Arnold Materials in one of the lists in Datasmith imports somewhere, so I presume this is an option?)

I also have substance materials and would prefer to use Arnold materials, so I can render in 3ds max prior to importing into UE4 for walk through.

Thanks!
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We don’t export Arnold Materials with Datasmith. Your best path would be to use the provided material converter that is in 3ds Max.

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Hello,

Ok, so basically then I would bring in my Arnold Material Libraries apply all materials to objects - then convert them to Standard Materials?
Next I would import 3ds Max applied standard material object scenes into Unreal where materials will be automatically converted?

Please confirm,

Thanks!