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Material Editor 1411
3.
Click Select to select objects that have the ac tive
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 2–1441) to apply the active material to
newly selected objects.
To get a material from a librar y:
1.
On the Materia l Editor toolbar, click Get
Material (page 2–1439).
AmodelessMaterial/Map Browser (page
2–1412) is displayed.
2. In the Browse From group box at the upper left,
make sure that Material Library is chosen.
If you have opened a library, the list of materials
shows the contents of the library.
If you haven’t opened a library, 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 c an also drag the name of t he 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 Mater ia l E ditor toolbar, click Put
To Library (page 2–1443).
3. A Put To Library dialog (page 2–1455) 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 c an save the new library as a file
using t he Material/Map Browser (page 2–1412)
file controls.
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