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Additional Options
Find - opens a dialog box. With the find function the MaterialEditor can be scanned to find a specified node.
The node can be searched by using regular expression rules.
Select Nodes - selects all geometry nodes with the selected material assigned.
Add Nodes to Selection - adds all geometry nodes with the selected material assigned to the current
objects selected.
Add to material Library - adds selected material to the currently selected material library group.
Apply to selected Nodes - assign selected material to the current objects selected.
Apply Environment to all Materials - Select a SphereEnvironment Material or an Environment Switch
Material. A dialog box opens. If no name is entered the selected SphereEnvironment Material or Environment
Switch Material will be connected to all Truelight Materials in the scene. If a Sphere Environment Material`s
or an Environment Switch Material`s name is entered the selected SphereEnvironment or Environment Switch
Material will be connected to all Truelight Materials that are currently connected to the entered
SphereEnvironment or Switch Environment Material.
Scroll to Selected - centers the selected material in the MaterialEditor´s material lsit.
Filter - the filter function displays the filtered node type in the MaterialEditor´s material list.
Off - deactivates any filtering.
EnvironmentMaterial - lists all Environment Materials.
BRDFMaterial - lists all BRDF Materials.
EnvironmenSwitchtMaterial - lists all Environment Switch Materials.
ChunkMaterial - lists all Chunk Materials.
SimpleMaterial - lists all Simple Materials.
PhongMaterial - lists all Phong Materials.
SwitchMaterial - lists all Switch Materials.
MultipassMaterial - lists all Multipass Materials.
PhongMaterial - lists all Phong Materials.
CGFXMaterial - lists all CGFX Materials.
Statistic - a dialog box opens. A brief MaterialEditor summery is listed.
Number of Materials - displays the amount of materials used in the scene.
Number of Textures - displays the amount of textures used in the scene.
Texture Memory - displays the amount of memory used for all textures.
Import Material Library - imports a material library. The material library must be saved as an osb or vpb
file.
Update - updates the MaterialEditor`s material list. All materials are listed alphabetically from top to bottom.