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Creating a Custom Material

When you create a custom material, start with an existing material similar to the material you want to create.

To customize a material, copy a material to a custom library and change the copy's properties:

  1. In a part document, right-click Material in the FeatureManager design tree and select Edit Material.
  2. In the material tree, select the material on which to base the custom material.
    1. Right-click and select Copy or press Ctrl + C to copy the material to your paste buffer.
    2. In the material tree, select a category in a custom library. You can use the Custom Materials library or a library you created.
      You can only add custom materials to categories within the Custom Materials library, not to the Custom Materials folder itself. To create a new category, right-click Custom Materials and click New Category.
    3. Right-click and select Paste or press Ctrl + V.
    4. Optionally, rename the material. Right-click the material and select Rename.
  3. Edit properties of the material, then click Save.
  4. Optionally, click Apply to apply the new material to the current part.


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