Materials Tool Palettes
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To add a material to a tool palette

  1. Click Render tab Materials panel Materials.

    The Materials window is displayed.

  2. Click View tab Palettes panel Tool Palettes.
  3. Click a tool palette tab that you want to add a material tool to make it active.
  4. In the Materials window, select a swatch.
  5. Drag a material swatch from the Materials window to the tool palette.

    A material tool is added the active tool palette, where it is easily accessible when you are working in a drawing.

NoteIf you change the properties of the material in the Materials window later, the material tool is not automatically updated. Delete the old material tool. Drag the updated swatch to create a new one.
 Toolbar: Render 
 Shortcut menu: Right-click a material and click Export to Active Tool Palette.
 Command entry: MATERIALS