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To apply materials to model geometry
1 Select the geometry items directly in the Scene View or in the Selection
Tree.
2 Open the Presenter window, and click the Materials tab.
3 Select 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 the current geometry selection.
NOTE Selected material will only be applied to the selected geometry item
and not to every instance of the item. To assign the material to all instances
of the selected geometry in the scene, click Apply to All Instances of
Selection on the shortcut menu.
TIP You can drag and drop a material from an archive or palette onto items in
the Selection Tree or Scene View to assign those materials to the items. The
selection resolution determines which items will receive the materials.
To use Scene View or the Selection Tree to remove materials from model
geometry
Right-click the item in the Scene View, or in the Selection Tree, and
click PresenterRemove Material on the shortcut menu.
NOTE Remove Material will only be available if the right-clicked item has
a material assigned to it at that selection resolution in the Selection Tree.
To use the Presenter window to remove materials from model geometry
1 Open the Presenter window, and click the Materials tab.
2 In the material palette, right-click the material that you want to remove
from items in the scene, and click Remove From All Items on the
shortcut menu.
NOTE Deleting the material from the palette will automatically remove that
material from any items in the Scene View which it was applied to.
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