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When you create or modify a material in the Materials Browser, you can
■ Click a material in the library and the material is applied to any selected
objects in your drawing.
■ Drag the material swatch directly onto objects in your drawing.
■ Assign a material to an object by clicking the Assign to Selection in the
shortcut menu on the material swatch in the Materials Browser.
NOTE AutoCAD 2012 supports per-face color for all materials and textures. If an
object has per-face color and a diffuse (color) texture, the per-face colors are shown
when the texture is faded.
To apply a material to an object from a tool palette
1 Click View tab ➤ Palettes panel ➤ Tool Palettes.
2 Click a tool palette tab to make it active.
3 Drag the material from the tool palette onto the object.
To apply a material to an object from the Materials Browser
1 Click Render tab ➤ Materials panel ➤ Materials Browser.
2 Right-click the material you want to apply.
3 Click Assign to Selection.
4 Select the object.
The material is applied to each object as you select it.
To apply a material by layer
1 At the Command prompt, enter materialattach.
2 In the Material Attachment Options dialog box, drag a material onto a
layer.
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