Assigning characteristics to a material

Before assigning characteristics to a material, you must first define characteristics and materials.

See Creating characteristics.

See Creating materials.

  1. From the main menu, open the Characteristic panel and dock it to any side of the main window.
  2. From the Characteristic panel, drag and drop a characteristic to a record on the Material panel.
    Note: You can only drag and drop characteristics that have Material as the type.

    To see characteristics assigned to a material, select a material and click the Material/Characteristics icon on the sidebar.

    You can retrieve your defined characteristics and assign them to a material. You can define various characteristics using the Characteristics feature and store them in a repository for later use.

    To remove a characteristic from the material, open the Material/Characteristic pane. Right-click a characteristic and select Delete.