Materials Commands

Most of the standard commands are available for materials in the Material Finder, the Save dialog box and the search results. For more information, see the 3DEXPERIENCE platform user's guide.

This table lists the available commands for materials:
Command Description
Lock and unlock Locks a material to prevent other users from modifying it. When you lock a material, its underlying components (domains, for example) are also locked.
Change the maturity Promotes a material through a sequence of states as it moves through its lifecycle.
Transfer the ownership Transfers the ownership of a material to another user.

See Exchange ManagementUser's Guide: Working with Immersive Site Ownership.
DeleteDeletes a material from the database using the material browser.

See Deleting Objects.

DetachRemoves a material from the database.

See Exchange ManagementUser's Guide: Working with Immersive Site Ownership.

Duplicate Creates copies of a material.
Note: You can also use the general Duplicate capability.

Notes:
  • The standard commands are not available for material domains.
  • The above commands propagate to the underlying components of the material.