Creating a Material Variant

You can create material variants to review the product with different materials.

Important: Every single real-life part must have been defined as a single physical part in the inserted physical product in order to apply product, material or position variants to it.

Before you begin:
  1. Optional: If the material you want as an option for the first variant is not yet applied to the required objects, select this material and apply it to the objects (these can be parts or products).

    To do so, from the Perception Experience section of the action bar, click Material Palette , and select a material in the panel. Then, in the 3D area, click the objects to which the material should be applied.

    Note: You can also apply the material directly on the model using the level selector, or in the tree available in the Project panel.

  2. Select the objects that carry the material you want as an option for the first variant.

    Tip: You can quickly select all objects carrying a given material. To do so, in the tree or in the 3D area, right-click an object that carries the material you want (in the tree, you can also directly right-click a material), and in the context menu, select Select objects with same material. All exposed objects carrying this material (even hidden ones) are selected, and highlighted in both the tree and the 3D area. If necessary, you can remove some objects from the selection, or add some objects to the selection.

  3. In the Variant panel, in the Material line area, click to create the first variant thumbnail.



  4. Optional: Rename the variant thumbnail if needed.
    Your first material variant is created.

  5. You can create another material variant by replacing quickly a given material on all or most objects carrying it.
    1. In the tree or in the 3D area, right-click an object that carries the material to replace (in the tree, you can also directly right-click a material), and in the context menu, select Select objects with same material.
      All exposed objects carrying this material (even hidden ones) are selected, and highlighted in both the tree and the 3D area. If necessary, you can remove some objects from the selection, or add some objects to the selection.
    2. In the action bar, click Pick and Apply to Selection .
    3. In the Material Palette, in the Materials node of the Project panel, or directly in the 3D area, click an object that carries the replacement material.
    The material you picked is immediately applied to the selected objects.
  6. With the objects still selected, in the Variant panel, at the upper right of the Material line area, click .



  7. Optional: Rename the variant thumbnail if needed.
  8. Repeat the previous steps as many times as necessary.

Your other material variant is added to the material line.

You can showcase these and other variants in a stage variant. For more information, see Creating a Stage.