To Create a Material Definition

Use this procedure to create a definition for the material you wish to use.

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.

   The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.

2. Expand Multi-Purpose Objects, and expand Material Definitions.
3. Create a material definition:

   If you want to…	Then…
   create a new definition with default properties	right-click Material Definitions, and click New.
   create a new definition from an existing definition	right-click the material definition you want to copy, and click Copy. Right-click, and click Paste.

4. Enter a name for the new material definition, and press Enter.
5. Edit the properties of your new definition:

   If you want to…	Then…
   enter a description of the material definition	click General. Enter a description of the material definition.
   change the layer/color/linetype properties	see To Define the Layer, Color and Linetype of a Material Definition.
   change the hatching patterns	see To Specify the Plan and Section Hatch Patterns of a Material Definition.
   assign surface hatching to individual object faces	see To Specify the Surface Hatch Pattern of a Material Definition.
   assign surface and live section rendering materials	see To Assign Render Materials.
   exclude components from 2D shrinkwrap	see To Exclude a Material Definition From 2D Section Shrinkwrap.
   add notes, files, or documents to the definition	see To Attach Notes and Files to a Material Definition.

6. When you finish changing the material definition properties, click OK.