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Tip:

You can also navigate through the levels of a

material with the

Material/Map Navigator (page

2–1291)

Go For ward to Sibling

Material Editor > Go Forward to Sibling

Material Editor menu > Navigation menu > Go Forw ard

to Sibl ing

GoForwardToSiblingmovestothenextmapor

materialatthesamelevelinthecurrentmaterial.

This button is available only when you are not

at the top level of a

compound material (page

3–1016)

,andthereismorethanonemapor

material at the current level.

A typical situation is one in which you have a

material with a Diffuse map, a Bump map, and a

Glossiness m ap. The Material level is the parent

and the Di ffuse map, Bump map, and Glossiness

map are its children. Go Forward To Sibling

becomes available at the level of the children and

allows you to go from one to another.

You can also navigate throug h the levels of a

material with the

Material/Map Navigator (page

2–1291)

Material/Map Navigator

Material Editor > M aterial/Map Navigator

The Material/Map Navigator is a mo deless dialog

that provides quick navigation through the

hierarchy of

maps (page 3–1062)

in a

material

(page 3–1065)

, or of sub-materials in a

compound

material (page 3–1016)

TheNavigatordisplaysthematerialandmapsin

the currently active sample slot. You can navigate

the hierarchy of the current material by clicking the

material or map listed in the Navigator. Conversely,

as you navigate the material in the Material Editor,

the current level is high lighted in the Navigator.

The selected material or map b ecomes active in

the sample slot, while the rollouts for the selected

material or map are displayed below.

You can a lso drag from the Nav igator to any valid

sample slot or button in the user interface.

Use the view buttons at the top to change the

display. The list displayed in the Navigator is

similar to the one displayed in the Track View

hierarchy.