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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

• Click the Select Material button or either
material preview box to open the Select
Material dialog. See “Select Material Dia-
log” on page 1018.

• Select a category from the scrollable list.

The Material Painter

Select 3D> Material Painter to Material Painter Modes
access the Material Painter Tools,
which are used to apply materials to object There are five Material Painter Modes. Each
surfaces in 3D views. The Material Painter mode specifies how broadly or narrowly the
tool can also be activated by selecting a selected material will be applied to surfaces
material in the library while a 3D view is in your plan.
active. The Material Painter tools are not • The Material Painter Component Mode
available in Glass House views. See “Glass is the default mode and applies the
House” on page 1107. selected material to an object component.
For most types of objects, using this tool
If you use the Material Painter to change is the same as opening an object’s specifi-
a room’s floor or ceiling finish material, it cation dialog and changing the material of
will add that material to the room’s Floor or one of its components on the MATERIALS
Ceiling Finish Definition. Changes to a Deck panel. See “Materials Panel” on page
room’s planking or framing will affect its floor 1017.
structure definition. See “Floor and Ceiling
Platform Definitions” on page 428.
• The Material Painter Object Mode
applies a material to all components of an

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