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Copying and Pasting: Right-Click Menu for Materials, Maps, Bitmaps, and Colors 1263
Cut—Removes the assigned map, and puts a copy
of it in the copy buffer .
Co py—Copies the map without removing it.
Pas te (Copy)—Pastes a copy from the copy buffer.
This item doesn’t appear if you haven’t yet copied a
map.
Cle ar—Removes the assigned map w ithout
copying it.
Open—For bitmaps (page 2–1441) ,launches
whichever application is associated with the
currently assigned 2D map.
This item does not appear for other map types
such as procedural maps.
Reveal Location in Explorer—Launches a copy of
WindowsExplorertodisplaythefolderwherethe
map is saved.
When No Map Ha s Been Assigned
If no map has been assigned, all you can do is
paste another:
Pas te (Copy)—Pastes a copy from the copy buffer.
Pas te (In sta nce)—Pastes an instance from the copy
buffer.
When No Map Has Been Either Assigned or
Copied
If no map has been assigned and you haven’t
copied a map yet, then no right-click menu
appears at all.
B itma p R ight-Click Menu
This menu appears when you click a button that
specifies an external
bitmap (page 3–1011) .See
Bitmap 2D Map (page 2–1441) .
Co py—Copies the bitmap.
Pas t e—Pastes the bitmap from the copy buffer.
Open—Launches whichever application is
asso ciated with the bitmap.
Rev eal Location in E xpl orer —Launches a copy of
WindowsExplorertodisplaythefolderwherethe
bitmap is saved.
Color Swatch R ight-Click Menu
This menu appears when you right-click a color
swatch.
Note: This menu does not apply to the VertexPaint
modifier’s
Color Palette (page 1–933) ,whichhas
its own right-click menu.
Co py—Copies the color.
Pas t es —Pastes a color from the copy buffer.