Apply Materials to Objects and Faces

You can apply materials to objects, layers, or faces.

To apply a material to an object or a face (a triangular or quadrilateral portion of a surface object), first select the object and select the material from the Materials Browser. The material is added to the drawing, and it is also displayed as a swatch in the Materials Browser.

When you create or modify a material in the Materials Browser, you can

Click a material in the library and the material is applied to any selected objects in your drawing.
Drag the material swatch directly onto objects in your drawing.
Assign a material to an object by clicking the Assign to Selection in the shortcut menu on the material swatch in the Materials Browser.

NoteAutoCAD 2011 supports per-face color for all materials and textures. If an object has per-face color and a diffuse (color) texture, the per-face colors are shown when the texture is faded.

Procedure

To apply a material to an object from a tool palette

To apply a material to an object from the Materials Browser

To apply a material by layer

Quick Reference

Commands

System Variables