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tjr · Member

Hi,

Is there some sort of material browser function that I'm not aware which allows one to cycle/sort through a list of all materials in the Database , showing material description, absorption and scattering coefficients on one screen for comparison?

The only way I know how to more easily compare materials is to first load them into the project specific database and then browse from the Edit Face window or by looking at specific materials in the Material Base module, but this is very time consuming.

Thanks

Lindsay S · Member

My first thought was to create a dummy project with all materials loaded into it. You would use this to pick out materials before you started building a room. Otherwise you would have to close the project you were currently working on to get at it.

Sometime ago, I printed out the default material list, I'm not in the office right now but I think these were in the rear of the manual, not the tutorial. It didn't have everything but it was often enough so that I could keep working.

Lindsay Smith
Seattle

tjr · Member

Thanks Lindsay! That is a good suggestion to create a dummy project with all our materials loaded as a workaround. Cheers

stevenliddle · Member

010hnoor · Member

I printed out the default material list, I'm not in the office right now but I think these were in the rear of the manual, not the tutorial. It didn't have everything but it was often enough so that I could keep working.