Material Editor

Modified on Tue, 2 Jul, 2024 at 5:42 AM

You can create, delete, and edit materials from Windows > Editors > Material Editor. Materials are assigned to objects to define their appearance.

Create Material

Press the Create Material button and choose a material type from the drop-down menu:

Mesh Material for meshes
Pixel Material for generic point cloud displays
Point Cloud Material for our signature point cloud display modes

You can optionally rename the newly created material. For this, double-click on the material.

From the Material Attributes, you can configure the selected material.

Assign Material

To assign a material to a single object:

Select the object from the Object List.
From the Object Inspector > Material Attributes, choose the desired material from the Select material drop-down.

To assign a material to a single or multiple objects:

Select the object(s) from the Object List.
Right-click in the Object List to open the context menu and choose a material under Assign Material.

Delete Material

Select one or more materials.
Press the DEL key to delete selected materials.

Default materials (Default-PC and Default-Mesh) cannot be deleted.

Learn more about configuring point cloud displays and mesh displays.