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Chapter 29. Presenter Materials
In this section you will learn how to apply, remove, and manage materials.
Materials Tab
Like the Lights, Effects and Rendering tabs, the Materials tab is divided into two panes. The left-hand
pane describes the pre-defined archives of materials that are installed and the right-hand pane shows the
current palette of materials that have been defined and are being used in the scene. The palette also
shows a small thumbnail of the material as it will appear when rendered.
Applying Presenter Materials
Materials can be applied to items in the scene by dragging-and-dropping the material onto:
an item in the scene;
an item in the selection tree;
a selection set.
If you drag the material from an archive then it will appear in the palette where it can be edited and saved
with the scene if necessary.
Presenter uses NavisWorks's selection resolution to decide which items to apply the material to when
dragging from an archive or palette onto the main view. When hovering over any item in the main view,
the proposed selection will turn the selection color (blue by default). When you drop the material onto the
current selection, it will be applied to all the items selected. If you drop the material onto an item that is
not currently selected, it will be applied to just that item.
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