Interface

The Interface tab enables you to customize the search options that determine the content of the Interface dialog box.

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Tree Display

When this option is selected, you are notified if a connection is broken by displaying a warning icon.

Display broken connections

By default, This option is unselected.

Material Browser

The search options determine the content that appears in the Material Browser dialog box when you first open it.

Search all materials
Displays all materials in the database in the Material Browser dialog box.

By default, This option is selected.

Set the keyword to search materials
When Search all materials is clear, the Material Browser dialog box displays only the subset of materials whose names match the filtering keyword specified in this field.

Apply Command

Use fast apply
When this option is selected, you can apply materials faster and have a more detailed view of where the material is applied in the global structure.

By default, This option is unselected.

Allow creating or completing vectors at apply
When this option is selected, you can create a material vector when you apply a new material to an object that already has a material applied to it. When this option is cleared, the new material always replaces the original material during application.

By default, This option is unselected.

Allow layering of covering at apply
When this option is selected, you can create a new material layer when you apply a new covering material to an object that already has a covering material applied on it. When this option is cleared, the new covering material replaces the original covering material (or you can create a material vector if the previous option is selected).

By default, This option is unselected.