Isolate Material by Piecemark ( Modeling )

Tool summary :

  • Isolates the material that you select from a list. You can then, if you so choose, press " Edit views " to add views for auto detailing.
  • The list includes all materials in the 3D model. You can select any material on the list, regardless of whether or not that material resides in your current view. If you select a material that is on more than one member, the program isolates the material that is a submaterial of whichever member in the model has the lowest member number .
  • Isolate Material by Piecemark brings the material that you select from a list ( step 2 ) into material isolation's edit the material mode ( step 3 ). In edit the material mode, you can double-click the material to edit it, or you can double-click a hole to edit that hole's hole group. Pressing the " Edit views " button brings the material into isolation's edit views mode , where you can edit or delete or add views but not edit the material or its holes.
  • Any view changes made in edit views mode apply to all sumaterial with the same mark and will be incorporated into the submaterial detail when you Detail Submaterial . Unless you choose to apply Change Options , operations applied in edit the material mode apply to the one material only.
  • You can press " Edit views ," change to a different view, then press " OK " to exit views mode and go back to edit mode with the changed-to view shown.
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   Step-by-step instructions :

1 . Invoke Isolate Material by Piecemark .
2 . A selection dialog opens with a list of all materials in your 3D model. Double-click the material that you want to isolate.

3 . Material isolation's edit the material mode opens. The isolated material is shown from the perspective of preset view number 0 and is displayed per User and Site Options > Modeling > " Member isolation solid display type ." To change to a different view or edit views, press the " Edit views " button.

Note 1: To invoke Isolate Material by Piecemark , choose Model > Material > Isolate Material by Piecemark (classic), or use a keyboard shortcut , or click the icon (if it has been placed on your toolbar). For lightning, Customize Interface is used to configure ribbons, keyboards, the context menu and modes.

Note 2: Regardless of the view that you are in, the selection list (step 2) includes all materials that exist in the 3D model. The actual material that is brought into isolation is the submaterial of the member that has the lowest member number of all members that incorporate that same submaterial.

Note 3: Preset view number 0, which is the view that is first shown when you Isolate Material by Piecemark correlates to the main view of the material on its submaterial detail.

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   Material isolation's two modes :

The two modes of material isolation are edit the material mode and edit views mode .

Material isolation's edit the material mode lets you make changes to one material, resulting in that one material being assigned a different material mark . You can get Change All Options in this mode, but changing all materials is not required -- it is optional. Options found on the Model > Material menu are enabled (not grayed out).

Material isolation's edit views mode works on all materials with the same material mark. Any changes to material views made in isolation are automatically applied to all materials with the same material mark. Views that are selectable on the view list in material isolation become the views that are shown on member details after Detail Submaterial .

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