Comparing Multiple Materials
To compare multiple materials, do the following:
1. Under Library, click Material.
2. On the Find: Material page, enter your material search criteria.
3. Use the checkboxes to select the materials you want to compare. You must select at least two materials from the list of search results.
4. From the Actions menu, select Compare.
The material comparison results table appears. The first column displays the attributes of the first material. Following columns display the attributes for the other selected materials. Differences from the material in the first column are highlighted.
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Attributes that do not exist across types (or are not available for a type) are grayed out in the comparison table.
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To change the material that appears in the first column, you can select one of the other selected materials from the menu at the top of the column. The attributes for the newly selected material displays in the first column, and the prior material shifts one column to the right.
If your administrator has enabled attributes with multiple components to display in the comparison tables in expanded form, you can view those attributes. These attributes are informative, not comparative. If they are collapsed, you can see them by expanding the view.
When you have completed your review of comparison results, you can close the results table by clicking the close window icon
in the upper right corner.
