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Pick Material From Object (Eyedropper) Material Editor > Pick Material From Object Material Editor menu > Material menu > Pick from Object Pick Material From Object lets you select a material from an object in the scene. Click the eyedropper button, and then move the eyedropper cursor over the objects in the scene. When the eyedropper cursor is over an object containing a material, it fills with "ink" and a tooltip with the name of the object pops up. Click the object. The material is placed in the active sample slot. If the material is already in the active sample slot, the eyedropper has no effect. If the eyedropper cursor is over an editable mesh on page 2075 with faces selected at the sub-object level, and the mesh has a Multi/Sub-Object material on page 5720 applied to it, then the eyedropper picks up the sub-material. However, if the selected faces have more than one sub-material assigned to them, then the eyedropper picks up the entire Multi/Sub-Object material. Name Field (Materials and Maps) Material Editor > Material Name field The Name field displays the name of the material or map. Default material names are "01 − Default," and so on, the number changing to reflect the material's sample slot. Maps are named "Map #1," and so on. You can edit this field to change the name of the material in the active sample slot. You can also edit the names of maps and sub-materials assigned at lower levels of the map or material hierarchy. The name of the material is not a file name: it can contain spaces, numbers, and special characters. It can be of any length. This field also functions as a drop-down list. At the top level, it shows only the material or map name. At lower levels of the hierarchy, drop the list down to see the names of ancestors to the map or material. The top level is at the top of the list, the current level is at the bottom, and intermediate levels appear between them. 5360 | Chapter 19 Material Editor, Materials, and Maps