Add, edit, and assign Physical Material Themes

Learn how to add, edit, and assign Physical Materials Themes in the Physical Materials Theme Table for a Configurations in Fusion.

Add Physical Material Themes

Open a Configured Design with one or more configured Physical Materials.
On the Design workspace toolbar, click Configure > Display Configuration Table .

The Configuration Table displays.
In the Physical Material Theme Table, enter the number of themes you want to add.
Click Add Themes .

The new Themes display as rows in the theme table. The Physical Material in each column matches the value in the active Theme.

Rename a Theme

Slow double-click the Theme name.
Enter a new name.
Press Enter.

The Theme name updates in the Theme Table and the list in the top table.

Note: You can also right-click a Theme name and select Rename.

Assign a Physical Material Theme to a Configuration

In the top table, locate the Physical Material Theme column.
Expand the list.
Select a Theme.

The Physical Material Theme updates for that Configuration. For any objects in the Theme Table, the Physical Material updates to match the Theme you select.

Delete a column from the Theme Table

In the Physical Material Theme Table, locate the object's column.
Right-click the header.
Select Delete.

The column is deleted from the Theme Table. The object updates in all Configurations to use the Physical Material in the active theme.

Delete a Theme

In the Physical Material Theme Table, right-click the Theme name.
Select Delete.

The Theme is deleted from the Theme Table. All Configurations that used the Theme update to use the active theme.

Delete the Physical Material Theme Table

In the Physical Material Theme Table, click More .
Select Delete.

The Physical Material Theme Table and its associated column in the top table are deleted. Each object that was configured in the theme table updates to use the Physical Material assigned in the Default Configuration.

Tips

In the Physical Material dialog, add all the Appearances you want to use to the In This Design section or to Favorites, and they'll display in the list.
Select the From Parent or Inherited options if you want the object to inherits its Physical Material from the parent component that contains it. If the Physical Material of the parent changes, the object updates to match.