You can create a new material tool by copying and pasting an existing tool on a tool palette. 
- Select a material tool from one of these locations on the tool palettes set: 
- the Design tool palette (contains the default material tool) 
 
- the Materials tool palette (in the Visualization tool palette group) 
 
- user-defined palettes and tools 
 
  
- Select the material tool, right-click, and click Copy. 
 
- If you want to paste it onto a different palette, make the palette active. 
 
- On the palette, right-click, and click Paste. 
 
- Select the tool, right-click, and click Properties. 
 
- To change the associated material definition, select a different definition under Definition Name. 
 
- To select a different source drawing, click Browse under Style Location. 
 
- In the Select a location File dialog box, select a source drawing, and click Open. 
 
- Select a material definition from the selected source file. 
 
- To update the material tool icon with the new material, select the icon under Image in the top left corner, right-click, and click Refresh Image. 
 
- Click OK.