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green parallelogram. When you list both materials
and maps, the materials are listed first.
Note: Icons of materials and maps for which Show
Map in View por t (page 2–1289)
is on are red, as
showninthefollowingexample:
Text entry—Asyouenteramaterialnameinthis
field, the first matching text item is selected in
the list. Press ENTER to select the next matching
name, and so on.
For example, if you enter ch when the list includes
the m aterial nam es Cherry Red, Chrome Blue, and
Chrome Zinc, Cherry Red is selec ted first. Press
ENTER, and the Chrome Blue is selected. Press
ENTER again, and Chrome Zinc is selected.
The search is not case-sensitive.
Sample slot—Below the text-entry field is a single
sample slot. This displays a sample of the current
selection. You can drag the sample to any other
sample slot or material button. The sample slot
display is interruptible, so you can quickly click
from one list item to the next without waiting.
In addition, if you complete the display of one
sample,thenmoveontoanothersample,when
you return to the first sample, it displays instantly.
Tool buttons
The first part of this row of buttons controls how
you view the list. The second part is for managing
material libraries.
Tospeedupthedisplayofthesamplespheresin
the Browser, the smaller of the sample spheres
(those displayed when you choose View Small
Icons or View List + Icons) can be saved as
thumbnail images in the material library file. (See
the Procedures for this topic, above.)
Keep in m ind that the saved thumbnails increase
the size of the material library fi le.
View List—Displays the materials and
maps in list format. Blue spheres are materials.
Green parallelograms are maps. The green
parallelograms turn red if Show Map in Viewport
is on for a material.
View List + Icons—Displays the materials and
maps in a list with small icons.
View Small Icons—Displays the m aterials and
maps as small icons. As you move the mouse ov er
the icons, tooltip labels pop up, showing you the
name of the material or map.
View Large Icons—Displays the materials and
maps as large icons.
The large icons are lab eled with the name of
thematerialormapandaredisplayedusing
progressive refinement—samples are rendered
quickly, with large pixels, then rendered a second
time in greater detail.
Update Scene Mater ials from Librar y—Updates
materi als in the scene with t he materials of the
same name stored in t he library.
When you click Update Scene Materials from
Library, the
Update Scene Materials dialog (p age
2–1300)
is displayed. This dialog lists m aterials in
thelibrarythathavethesamenameasmaterialsin
the scene. In the list, select t he materials you want
to update in the scene, and then click OK.
If no materials exist in the scene that match the
names in the library, an alert informs you of this.