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Select By Material 1439
Select By Material
Material Editor > Select By Material
Material Editor menu > Utilities m e n u > Selec t O bjects
by Ma terial
Select By Material allows you to select objects
inthescene,basedontheactivematerialinthe
Material Editor. This button is una vailable unless
theactivesampleslotcontainsamaterialusedin
the scene.
Clicking this button displays a Select Objects dialog
(page 1–78). Al l objects that have the selected
material applied to them are highlighted in the list.
Note: Hidden objects don’t appear in this list, even
if the material is applied to them. However, in the
Material/Map Browser (page 2–1412),youcan
chooseBrowseFrom:Scene,turnonByObject,
and then browse from the scene. This lists all
objects in the scene, hidden or unhidden, along
w ith their assigned materials.
Procedure
To s elect obj ects t hat have t he s ame mater ia l
applied:
1.
Click a sample slot that contains a material in
the scene.
White corner brackets indicate materials that
are in the scene.
2. Click Select By Material (page 2–1439) in
the Material Editor.
This button is unavailable unless the act ive
sample slot contains a material in the scene.
A S elect Objects dialog (page 1–78) is displayed.
The names of objects with the active material
applied are highlighted.
3. Click Select to select objects with the active
material applied.
You can a lso 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.
Get Material
Material Editor > Get Material
Material Editor menu > Material menu > Ge t Material
Get Material displays the Material/Map Browser
(page 2–1412) to allow you to choose a mater ial
(page 3–971) or map (page 3–968).
Procedures
To get a material from a scene:
1.
Click a sample slot to make it active.
Be careful not to click the sample slot of a
material you want to use later.
2. On the Material Editor toolbar, click Get
Material (page 2–1439).
AmodelessMaterial/Map Browser (page
2–1412) is displayed.
3. In the Browse From group bo x at the upper
left,makesurethateitherSelectedorSceneis
chosen.
The Selected option lists only materials in the
current selection. If no objects are selected, the
listofmaterialsisblank.
TheSceneoptionlistsallthematerialscurrently
in the scene.
4. In the list of materials, double-click the name
of the material you want to get.
You can also drag the m aterial name to the
sample slot.