Material Assignment Dialog Box
Click Home > Material Assignment to open the Material Assignment dialog box. Use the Material Assignment dialog box to:
Specify material assignment properties for a model.
Review and change the existing material assignment properties of the model.
This dialog box includes the following items:
Name—Accept the default or specify a new name.
References—Select model references for the material assignment. In the assembly mode, you can select parts, or assemblies, or volume regions. In the part mode, select the part itself or the volume regions.
Properties—The properties you select are assigned to the selected references. In native mode, you can also select a Material Orientation property.
Material—Select the existing materials of the model from the drop-down list. If you do not see the material that you want, click More to select materials from the library or to create a new material.
Material Orientation—The default is None. Click More to specify the material orientation using the Material Orientations dialog box.
When you assign material to model, keep these guidelines in mind.