Material Defaults Dialog

Default Settings are accessed by selecting Edit> Default Settings . Expand the Materials category in the tree view, select General Materials, and click the Edit... button to display the Material Defaults dialog.

This dialog functions similarly to the Material tabs found on the specification dialogs of objects throughout the program. See "Materials Tab".

Select an item from the list on the left. Click the Library Material button or either of the preview boxes to open the Select Library Object dialog, or click the Plan Material button to open the Plan Material dialog.

Not every object has default materials defined before being placed in a plan. For example, stairs do not have a default setup and so do not have default materials. Specify the materials for the stair components in the Material Defaults dialog.

Once you create a stairway, you can open the Stair Specification dialog and change its materials.