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11 Click OK.
Creating a Material Tool from a Render Material in the Content
Browser
You can create a material tool by dragging a render material from Content
Browser to AutoCAD Architecture.
Creating a new material tool in a drawing entails the creation of a new material
definition in Style Manager. The material definition is used to create the
material tool, but can also be used for different purposes in the drawing, like
using the material definition to create object styles.
1 Click Home tab ➤ Build panel ➤ Tools drop-down ➤ Content
Browser .
2 Open the Visualization catalog and navigate to the Render Material
category. Then, select the material you require.
3 Move the pointer over the i-drop
®
icon next to the tool so that
the pointer image changes to an eyedropper ( ).
4 Click and hold the i-drop
®
icon until it is full.
5 Use one of the following options to copy the render material to
AutoCAD Architecture:
■ Drag the material from Content Browser into an AutoCAD
Architecture drawing.
If you drag a render material from Content Browser directly
into an AutoCAD Architecture drawing, an AutoCAD
Architecture material definition is created from it. You cannot
directly create an AutoCAD Architecture material tool this
way. The new material definition is listed in Style Manager,
where you can create a material tool from it, as described in
Creating a Material Tool from a Material Definition in Style
Manager on page 879.
■ Drag the material from Content Browser onto an AutoCAD
Architecture palette.
If you drag a render material to an AutoCAD Architecture
palette, a “temporary” material tool is created.
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