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.


Sphere

Cube

Cone

Pyramid

Torus

Plane


Show Labels

Displays thumbnail name labels when in Grid mode.

List mode always displays labels.

Show Units

Displays size in model units.

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.


Close

Closes the large preview window.


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