Material tools 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.

Create New Material

Creates a new basic matte white (plaster) material.

Import Material from File

Imports materials from a saved Rhino .rmtl file.

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.

Copy

Copies the selected material to the Windows Clipboard. The Clipboard can then be pasted into the editor to create a new material or pasted directly into a folder to create a library file.

Paste

Creates a new material based on the contents of the Clipboard.

Paste as Instance

Creates a new material based on the contents of the Clipboard that is linked to the original through instancing.

Delete

Deletes the selected material.

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.

Grid

Displays the previews as a grid of thumbnails.

List

Displays the previews as a list of thumbnails.

Tree

Displays the previews as a tree showing nesting.

Small

Sets the thumbnail size to the small size.

Medium

Sets the thumbnail size to medium size.

Large

Sets the thumbnail size to large size.

Horizontal Layout

Displays the previews to the left of the controls.

Show Labels

Displays thumbnail name labels when in Grid mode.

List mode always displays labels.

Show Units

Displays size in model units.

Show Preview Pane

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

Content Filter

Allows filtering materials in the Libraries.

Content Filters

Name filter

Use wild-card characters to select content items by name.

Clear

Clear the name filtering.

Invert

Reverse the name filtering.

Show unassigned materials

Displays materials that are not assigned to objects or layers.

Show V4 materials

Displays materials that were created in Rhino V4.

Show hidden materials, environments and textures

Displays items that are hidden by their rendering engine.

Show reference materials, environments and textures

Displays items that are generated by worksession references or linked blocks.

Show content for these render engines

Shows all of the render engines available.

Universal

Check All

Uncheck All

Invert

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.

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