Material Attachment Options Dialog Box

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Material Attachment Options Dialog Box

Quick Reference

See Also

Apply Materials to Objects and Faces

Associates materials with layers.

Access Methods

Button

Ribbon: Render tab

Materials panel

Attach By LayerNot available on the ribbon in the current workspace

Summary

All objects on the layer that have their Material property set to BYLAYER have the specified material applied.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Materials List: Lists all the materials in the drawing, both in use and not in use. Drag a material onto a layer in the Layers List to apply the material to that layer.
Layers List: Lists all layers in the drawing and in any external references applied to the drawing. When a material is applied to the layer, that material is displayed next to the layer. Use the Detach button to remove the material from the layer.

NoteIf you change the association of a material to a layer in an xref, the change is not saved back to the xref drawing.