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• Click Edit to open the Define Material • Click the Replace button to replace the
dialog for the selected material. See selected material with a new one from the
“Define Material Dialog” on page 1028. library. Materials assigned to objects as
• Click New to open the Define Material well as those set in object defaults dialogs
dialog to create a new material. are affected. See “Select Library Object
Dialog” on page 940.
• Click Copy to create a copy of the
selected material and open the Define • Click the Merge button to merge multiple
Material dialog where you can make selected materials into one. The material
changes to the copied material. that is listed first is retained and all other
materials in the selection set are deleted.
• Click Purge to remove all unused materi- Any instances of the deleted materials in
als from the plan. the plan are replaced by the first material.
• Click Delete to remove the selected mate- Only available when multiple materials
rial from the plan. If the material is used are selected.
in the model, you cannot delete it.
• Click Add to Library to add the selected You can create a folder containing all of
material to the Library Browser, making it the current plan’s Plan Materials in the
available for use in other plans. See “Add- Library Browser User Catalog. See “Create
ing Library Content” on page 932. Plan Materials Library” on page 1022.

Define Material Dialog

The Define Material dialog allows you to available. See “Using the Contextual
adjust how materials look in 3D views and Menus” on page 924.
can be accessed in a number of ways: • You can also right-click on an unlocked
library and select New> Material.
•Use the Adjust Material Definition
tool. See “Adjust Material Definition” on If you select a manufacturer’s material, the
page 1021. options in the Define Material dialog may
• Select a material from the Plan Materials change. Some options are not available and
dialog and click Edit, New, or Copy. See the panels may vary.
“Managing Plan Materials” on page 1026. If you access the Define Material dialog
• Right-click on one or more materials in through a menu or specification dialog, your
the Library Browser User Catalog and edits affect that material wherever it is found
select Open Object from the contextual in the current plan. Other objects in that plan
menu. When multiple materials are that use that material are also affected, but
selected, some settings will not be objects outside the current plan are not.

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