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#23332 by Mark Toce
Tue May 01, 2007 2:39 pm
Render by Entity

You can assign material definitions on a per entity basis. All of these material definitions are embedded in your drawing. This lets you apply the same material to multiple entities in your drawing.
:arrow: To assign defined materials to other entities in your drawing:
  1. Place your cursor on an entity in your drawing. Then hold down the Ctrl key and simultaneously right-click (Ctrl-right click).
  2. Select Rendering Settings from the pop-up menu. This displays the Rendering Settings dialog box. It contains the embedded materials settings you created for individual entities in your drawing in the Drawing Materials pull-down menu.
  3. Select the material definition you want to use and pick OK to exit to your drawing.
  4. Display the model in the object viewer. DataCAD applied the material to the object you selected in step 1.

You can also use the Material drop-down in the entity Properties Editor to assign a material to an entity. This method gives you access only to materials which have already been loaded in your drawing.

Material settings that are applied by entity override material settings applied by either Layer or Color when the option Materials by Entity is checked in the Rendering Settings dialog, accessed from the View pull-down menu.

You cannot change Materials by Layer or Materials by Color when you open the Rendering Settings dialog via (Ctrl-right click) on an entity because you are defining the settings for that entity only. To change this setting, select Rendering Settings from the View pull-down menu.

Render by Layer

:arrow: To assign defined materials to layers in your drawing:
  1. Open the Layer Manager by selecting Manage from the Layers menu, or by pressing (Ctrl-L).
  2. Highlight the name of the layer to which you wish to apply or change the material settings.
  3. Click the Material button. The Rendering Setting: By Layer dialog appears:
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  4. Make the changes to the material properties, which will affect all entities on this layer.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Exit the Layer Manager by clicking OK.

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