8

Material Editor 1255
3.
Click Select to select objects that have the active
material applied to them.
You can also change the selection by choosing
other objects. If you change the selection, you
must then click
Assign Material To Selection
(page 2–1285)
to apply the active material to
newly selected objects.
To get a material from a librar y:
1.
On the Material E ditor toolbar, click Get
Material (page 2–1283)
.
Amodeless
Material/Map Browser (page
2–1256)
is displayed.
2. In the Browse From group box at the upper left,
make sure that Material Librar y is chosen.
If you have opened a library, the list of materials
shows the contents of the library.
If you haven’t opened a librar y, click Open in
thefileareaoftheBrowser. Inthefiledialog
that is displayed, you can choose a material
library to open. After you open the library, the
list of materials updates to show the library’s
contents.
3. In the list of materials, double-click the name of
the material you want.
You can also drag the name of the material to
the sample slot.
Thematerialyouchosereplacestheprevious
materialintheactivesampleslot.
To save a material in a librar y:
1.
Click to select the sample slot that has the
material you want to save.
2. On the Material Editor toolbar, click Put
To Library (page 2–1287)
.
3. A Put To Librar y dialog (page 2–1298) appears.
4. Either change the material name or leave it as
is, and then click OK.
Thematerialissavedinthecurrentlyopen
library. If no library is open, a new library is
created. You can save the new library as a file
using the
Material/Map Browser (page 2–1256)
file controls.
Interfa ce