To Assign Materials to a Mass Element

Use this procedure to assign materials to the individual components of a mass element.

1. Select the mass element to which you want to assign materials, 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 where you want the changes to appear, 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.

   The Component column displays all components of the mass element that can be assigned a material. Components that are only symbolical graphics, like the bounding box, are not listed because they cannot have a material assignment.

   The Material Definition column displays the currently assigned materials. If no previous material assignments were made, the default material is Standard.

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 material definition and assign it to a component.

   Danger: 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.
6. Click OK twice.