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You can also apply materials to items by selecting the items in the NavisWorks selection tree or scene
and then right-clicking the material in the palette and clicking Apply to selected items on the shortcut
menu.
Rules can also be used to apply materials to items based on their layer or color or selection set names,
for example. See Chapter 35, Presenter Rules for more information on this.
Applying a material to items
1. Select the items directly in the main navigation window, or in the selection tree.
2. Choose your material from an archive or palette, right-click this material and click Apply to selected
items on the shortcut menu to assign the material to those items selected. Note that the material will
only be applied to those items and not to every instance of the item, if it is a multiply instanced block
or cell. To assign the material to all instances of a multiply instanced block or cell in the scene, you
need to click Apply to all instances of selection on the shortcut menu.
3. Alternatively, you can simply drag-and-drop a material from an archive or palette onto items in the
selection tree or main navigation window to assign those materials to the items. Note that the
selection resolution determines which items will receive the materials. See Selection Resolution
for more information on selection resolution.
Removing Presenter Materials
You can remove materials assigned to items either from the material or from the item:
Removing a material from items
1. Right-click the item in the main navigation window, or in the selection tree and click Presenter >
Remove Material on the shortcut menu. This item on the menu will only be available if the
right-clicked item has any material assigned to it at that selection resolution in the tree - see the
section on Inheritance below.
Alternatively, right-click the material in the palette that you want to remove from items in the scene.
2. On the shortcut menu, click Remove from all items to remove all assignments of the material from
all items in the scene.
3. If you have items selected in the main navigation window or selection tree, then you can click the
Remove from selected items option on the shortcut menu to remove that material from only those
items you have selected in the scene.
Note:
Deleting the material from the palette will automatically remove that material from any items in the
scene which it was applied to.
Presenter Materials
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