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Summary
You can also manage your material libraries in the Materials Browser. It also
allows you search and sort materials in all open libraries and in the drawing.
List of Prompts
The following prompts are displayed.
Search
Searches for materials in the loaded library.
Document Materials
Displays the materials saved with the current drawing.
Use the drop-down list on the right to filter which materials and how they
are displayed in the list. The following filters and options are available:
Document Materials Controls which materials are displayed in the list.
 Show All. Display all materials in the current drawing. (Default option)
 Show Applied. Display only the materials being used in the current
drawing.
 Show Selected. Display only the materials applied to the selected objects
in the current drawing.
 Show Unused. Display only the materials that are not used in the current
drawing.
 Purge All Unused. Removes all unused materials from current drawing.
View Type Controls the details view display of the library content.
 Thumbnail View. All materials are represented by a thumbnail and the
name of the material below.
 List View. All materials are displayed in a grid with thumbnail, name,
type, and category in columns. (Default option)
 Text View. All materials are displayed in a grid with name, type, and
category in columns. No thumbnail is displayed.
Sort Controls the order in which document materials are displayed.
 By Name. Lists materials alphabetically by name. (Default option)
 By Type. Lists materials according to the type of material that it was
created from.
 By Material Color. Lists materials by their assigned color. The color
might not be the same that is displayed in the material swatch preview.
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