Hi,
I'm not a 3Ds Max user so maybe I'm wrong, and unfortunately I can't see the images in this discussion, but I think should be possible to bake the wave like explained in this link:
http://docs.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/16/ENU/ ... d30e543856
the wave texture is this?
http://docs.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/15/ENU/ ... d30e403989
ciao beppe