To Specify the Material of a Roof

Use this procedure to select a different material for the components of an individual roof.

Note: If a material assignment does not determine the display properties of the roof component, you can change the properties of the display component as described in To Specify the Display Properties of a Roof.
  1. Select the roof you want to change, right-click, and click Edit Object Display.
  2. To verify that the material assignment determines the display properties of the component, click the Display Properties tab, select the display representation in which to display the changes, and click .
  3. Click the Layer/Color/Linetype tab, verify that By Material is selected for the component, and click OK.
  4. Click the Materials tab.
  5. 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 one and assign it to a component.

    Danger: Although you can edit a material definition from this dialog box, any changes you make apply to all objects that are assigned the material.
  6. Click OK.