Organize Materials

In the Material Library, the Materials tab is handy for organizing materials as you work. It is here that you'll find a list of all the materials in your scene.

1. In the Material Library, click the Materials tab.
2. Choose from the following options:

   To	Do this	Note
   Show which objects a material is assigned to	Click the plus symbol (+) next to the material name.
   Open a material's parameters in the Control Panel for convenient editing	Double-click the material name.
   Assign a material to a selected object	To assign a material to an object, select your object/s and right click to assign a material. Choose from the material from the list. In the Materials tab in the Model Browser, drag and drop the object from one material to another. If the object has no material assigned, it will appear at the top under "Objects with No Material."	Before you do this, make sure that [1] an object is selected, and [2] at least one material has been assigned to an object in the scene.
   Unassign a material from a selected object	Right-click, and then click Unassign material.
   Duplicate the material for each object in the selected material group	Right-click on the material name, then click 'Unlink material'	All objects in the original material group will have their own copy of the material. The original material will be empty
   Duplicate a material	Right-click, and then click Duplicate material.	This option is useful if you want to assign the same material to multiple objects and edit them independently.
   Delete selected materials from the Model Browser	Right-click, and then click Delete selected materials.	All objects to which the materials were assigned will have those materials removed.
   Delete unused materials from the Model Browser	Right-click, and then click Delete unused materials.
   Save a material to the library	Right-click the material name and click Save material.