Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 90

If you apply a mapped material to a parametric object whose Generate Mapping Coords option is off, the software automatically turns on mapping coordinates at render time. In addition, if you apply a mapped material with Show Map In Viewport on page 5350 active to a parametric object, that object's Generate Mapping Coords option is turned on if necessary. The Show Map In Viewport flag is saved with individual materials, so when you drag mapped materials from the modeless Browser on page 5290 onto objects in your scene, the mapping appears in the viewports. The Undo command works for material assignment. Procedures To apply a material to objects in a scene: 1 Select the sample slot that contains the material you want to apply. 2 Select the objects you want to apply the material to. 3 Do either of the following: ■ Drag from the sample slot to the objects. If more than one object is selected, you are asked whether you want to apply to the single object or to the whole selection. ■ Click Assign Material To Selection on page 5344 on the Material Editor toolbar. WARNING When you apply a material to an object or selection, that material becomes a hot material on page 8006. When you change the material's properties, the scene immediately updates to reflect those changes. Any object with that material will change its appearance, not just the objects in the current selection. When a material is hot, its sample slot is displayed with white corner brackets. To make a material no longer hot so it doesn't change the current scene, click Make Material Copy on page 5346. Reset Map/Mtl to Default Settings Material Editor > Reset Map/Mtl to Default Settings Material Editor Tools | 5345