Use this procedure to assign materials to the individual components of a structural member style. When you assign a material to a structural member component, the component uses the display properties of the material instead of the style display properties.
You can assign a material to any physical component of the structural member. Custom components and components that are only symbolic graphics do not use materials for their display properties. For example, all structural member components are physical components that you can assign materials. The connection and axis are symbols, and you cannot assign materials to them.
- Click
. 
- Expand Architectural Objects, and expand Structural Member Styles.
- Select the style you want to edit.
- Click the Display Properties tab.
- Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.
- If necessary, click
. - Click the Layer/Color/Linetype tab.
- Select By Material for any component to which you want to assign a material, and click OK.
If the setting for By Material is not available, the display of this component cannot be determined by a material.
- Click the Materials tab.
- Select the component you want to change, and select a different material definition.
You can select any material definition in the current drawing, or click
to create a new material definition and assign it to a component. Note: Although you can edit a material definition from this dialog box, any changes you make to the material definition apply to all objects that are assigned the material. - Click OK.