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Reaffect a Material

In the Material List, to reaffect a material, clicking on the tool opens the dialog.

Choose the type of selection in the drop-down menu , from left to right: by triangles, planes, parallel planes, objects, material or Object Wizard.

1. In the preview window

• Click on the items you want to reassign with the new material.

NB: Click on the Cancel Selection button to delete the current selection.

2. Apply the Material Chosen to the Polygon Selection

There are two options:

• Apply a copy of the selected material.

In the drop-down menu, choose an existing material to attach to the new material. Just below the drop-down menu you can edit the name of the new material. By default, the name remains the same as the original one.

• Apply the selected material:

Once validated, the new material is displayed at the bottom of the current list.

NB: If you need to use the "Use Reference File..." command, all the reassigned materials will be lost.

NB: Elements making up an object cannot be selected.

NB: The File > Use Reference File command does not recognize reassigned or renamed materials.

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