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Preferences Dialog

Materials List Panel
The settings on the MATERIALS LIST panel defined by the program and cannot be
control which categories are included in changed. See “Materials Lists” on page
Materials Lists. The names of all categories 1263.
and their ID prefixes are listed here. They are

When a material is entered in the Materials •Click Select All to check the boxes beside
List, the program decides what category it all categories, or click Clear All to clear
goes in and assigns it an ID, which is the the checkboxes beside all categories.
prefix followed by a number. EX1 would be
the first exterior trim piece entered in the
Materials List for a particular plan. It is usually better to remove categories
from individual plan lists in the Layer
• Include These Categories - Check the Display Options dialog, rather than globally.
categories you want to include in every See “Layer Display Options Dialog” on page
new materials list generated. Before you 190.
hide a category, make sure you know
what items are listed within it.

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