Material window context menu

These settings also appear on right-click context menus for the thumbnail previews and the thumbnail background.

Assign to Selection

Assigns the current material to selected objects.

Assign to Layers

Assigns the current material to selected layers.

Select Object(s)

Select objects in the model for material assignment.

Save to File

Saves a material to a Rhino .rmtl file.

Reset to Defaults

Changes all of the material settings to the default white, matte, non-reflective, untextured material.

Delete

Deletes the selected material.

Tags

Tag materials to group or categorize materials to make searching easier.

Duplicate

Copies the selected material to a new material with the same settings.

Remove Instancing

Removes the connection between instanced materials.

Floating Preview

Floats the preview image in a resizable window.

Show Labels

Displays thumbnail name labels when in Grid mode.

List mode always displays labels.

Auto-Update Preview

Automatically updates all previews as settings change.

Show Preview Pane

Displays the preview properties for the currently-selected thumbnail. Set the preview geometry, size, background, rotation behavior.

Properties

Opens the Preview Properties dialog box.

Preview thumbnail images and the background area between thumbnail images both have context menus.

Preview Properties

The preview properties settings control the appearance of the thumbnail images.

Geometry

These settings specify the geometry of the object that will display the material in the preview thumbnail.

Sphere

Cube

Cone

Pyramid

Torus

Plane

Size

Sets the unit size for the preview thumbnail.

Background

Controls the appearance of the thumbnail background.

None

The default gray environment is used.

Checkered

A gray checkered backdrop is used.

Studio

Uses the studio lighting backdrop which provides rectangular lighting reflections.

Custom

Uses an environment as the background.

Click to assign

1.

Click to assign a saved environment.

2.

In the Select Environment dialog box, select a saved environment.

Option

New

Create a new environment.

View

Controls the right-mouse drag object or camera rotation.

Rotate object

Right-mouse drag rotates the object.

Rotate camera

Right-mouse drag rotates the camera.

X angle

Sets the horizontal rotation angle for the object or camera.

Y angle

Sets the vertical rotation angle for the object or camera.

Save as Defaults

Saves the thumbnail properties as the default settings.

Load from Defaults

Uses the default settings.

Close

Closes the large preview window.

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