Type Button Right-Click Menu

Right-clicking the Type button lets you copy a map or material, paste it, and access a few other options.

The menu you see when you right-click the Type button depends on whether you are at a top-level material, a map, or a sub-material.

Right-Click Menu for Materials

Cut: At the material level, has the same effect as Copy: Places a copy of the material in a buffer, but does not change the original material.
Copy: Copies the original material.
Paste (Copy): Pastes a copy of a material you previously cut or copied.
This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.
Paste (Instance): Pastes an instance of a material you previously cut or copied.
This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.
Clear: Closes the right-click menu. At the material level, this option has no other effect.
Copy as Generic: Appears only if the sample slot contains an Autodesk Material other than the Autodesk Generic material. Copies the material as Autodesk Generic.
This option can lose some type-specific information. For example, Autodesk Generic does not have a Flecks component such as Autodesk Metallic Paint does.

Cut: Removes the map and copies it to a buffer.
Copy: Copies the map.
Paste (Copy): Pastes a copy of a map you previously cut or copied.
This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.
Paste (Instance): Pastes an instance of a map you previously cut or copied.
This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.
Clear: Removes the map without copying it.
Highlight Assets in ATS Dialog: Opens the Asset Tracking Dialog, with the map resource highlighted.
Open: Opens the map in a graphics viewer.
Which viewer is launched depends on your system configuration.
Reveal Location in Explorer: Opens an instance of Windows Explorer to the folder where the map is stored, with the map file highlighted.

Cut: Removes the sub-material and copies it to a buffer.
Copy: Copies the sub-material to a buffer.
Paste (Copy): Pastes a copy of a sub-material you previously cut or copied.
This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.
Paste (Instance): Pastes an instance of a sub-material you previously cut or copied.
This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.
Clear: Removes the sub-material without copying it.