Material preview pane context menu

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

Assign to Objects

Assigns the current material to selected objects.

Assign to Layers of Objects

Assigns the current material to the layers of selected objects.

Assign to Layers...

Assigns the current material to selected layers.

RenderAssignMaterialToLayer

Select Object(s)

Select objects that use the current material.


Create New Material

Creates a new material from a template.


Save to File

Saves a material to a Rhino .rmtl file.


Copy

Copies the selected item to the Clipboard.

Paste

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

Paste as Instance

Creates a new item based on the contents of the Clipboard. The new item will be linked to the original item.


Delete

Deletes the selected item.


Select All

Select all items in the list.

So you can change the common settings and thumbnail properties of all items.

Reset to Defaults

Changes all of the item settings to the default.

Duplicate

Creates a new item from the selected item.


Tags...

Pops up the Render Content Tag dialog to manage tags. Tags group or categorize items to make searching easier.

Filter By Tags

Hides the items that don't have the selected tags.

Sort Alphabetically

Lists the items with their names in ascending (A to Z) order.

Remove Instancing

Removes the connection between instanced items.

Update Preview Now

Updates the preview of the selected item when auto-update is disabled.


Floating Preview

Floats the preview image in a resizable window.

Floating Editor

Edits the selected item in a separate dialog.


Thumbnails
Sphere
Cube
Cone
Pyramid
Torus
Plane
Scene

Show Labels

Displays thumbnail name labels when in Grid mode.

List mode always displays labels.

Show Units

Displays the dimension of the object in the preview.

The object dimension can be changed in Preview Properties.

Auto-Update Preview

Automatically updates all previews as settings change.

Update All Previews

Update previews manually when Auto-Update Preview is off.


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

Specifies the shape of the object that displays the material in the preview thumbnail.

Sphere
Pyramid
Cube
Torus
Cone
Plane
 
Scene
Size

Sets the dimension of the preview object in meters. 

Background

Controls the appearance of the thumbnail background.

None

The default gray environment is used.

Checkered

A gray checkered backdrop is used.

Studio

Custom

Uses an environment as the background.

Click to assign environment

Select an existing environment or create a new one.

Select Environment

The list of existing environments.

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.

Lighting

Simple lighting

Uses the default lighting.

Skylighting

Uses the current skylighting settings.


Save as Defaults

Saves the thumbnail properties as the default settings.

Load from Defaults

Uses the default settings.


Close

Closes the large preview pane.