2 sided in viewport

Hito

So it takes a bunch of steps to create double sided material in maya... if rendering. is it possible to create double sided material in viewport 2.0? how do I go about that?

turning off backface cull just displays wire frame for back face. not the texture it self.

CharacterCarl

I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Do you mean an object with individual materials for each side or simply a model that doesn't cull?
Because for me, Maya always displays objects as double sided (and renders them as such in Mental Ray) unless I turn on backface culling. If your faces stay black in the viewport you need to turn on Two Sided Lighting under the Display tab.

Hito

I ended up doubling the mesh... but just found out there's a 3rd check box in the mesh's Render Stats and that did the trick.