Material Properties

Material Properties ( Modeling )

Tool summary :

Opens the Edit Properties window (modular properties) or the Custom Properties window (legacy properties). The window will show the properties of the one or multiple materials that you select.
The materials do not have to be the same type.
See the step-by-step instructions .

Also see :

Modeling (where Material Properties is a tool) ( )
Edit Properties (window this tool opens if your current Job uses modular properties) ( )
Custom Properties (window this tool opens if your current Job uses legacy properties)
Flavor selected at project-creation time (sets whether or not a Job uses modular properties) ( )
Other ways to access material properties

page 1 | contents | model > material > | modular properties | legacy props

Step-by-step instructions :

You must do either step 1b (preselection) or step 3 (in-tool selection).

1 . Before selecting materials:

1a : You need to be in Modeling , and members need to be displayed in a solid form .

Select Items bindings (step 1b)

1b (optional) : In Select Items mode with the selection filter set to ' Material ', use Select or Select+ (or draw an area box ) to select the material(s) whose properties you want to review or change. Or you can use the Model Tree or Advanced Selection to select the materials.

2 . Invoke Material Properties using any one (1) of the following methods:

Method 1 : Click the Material Properties icon. The icon can be taken from the group named ' Model -- Material ' and placed on a toolbar (classic) or the ribbon (lightning).

Method 2 : If " Modeling layout style " is ' Classic ', you can use the menu system to choose Model > Material > Properties .

Method 3, 4 or 5 : Material Properties can also be configured to be invoked using a keyboard shortcut , the context menu , or a mode . For the lightning interface, this configuration is done using Customize Interface .

3 (if required) . This step is required if you did not select materials in step 1b . The program skips this step if you did select materials in step 1b.

Select Item(s) bindings

3a (if you didn't do 1b) : Select Item(s) mouse bindings are activated, and the status line prompts you to " Select material(s) to edit properties ." Press the Enter key or right-click ( Menu ) and choose " OK " on the menu when you are done selecting the materials you want. Go to step 4.

Alternative : You can press the Esc key (or right-click and choose " Cancel " on the context menu ) if you want to end this operation without editing properties. Do not continue.

4 . The following happens:

Possibility 1 : If the " Flavor " that was selected at the time your current Job was created was a modular flavor, the Edit Properties window opens.

Possibility 2 : If the " Flavor " was a legacy flavor, the Custom Properties window opens.

4a : Regardless of the name of the window that opens, any changes that you make to properties on that window will be applied to all materials that you selected in step 1b (or step 3) at the time that you press " OK " to close that window.