Hmidd wrote:
Bare w me here, I've only been using AC for 2 months. So. . .for example you have the door tool selected and you select the material box, this gives a list of materials, my list is aged copper to zinc(which then is interactive in the scedule). Can this list be expanded upon so the scedule has more options. I have not gotten to rendering materials yet but would love to hear of good sources for materials. Thank you for your help.
both the tool settings dialogue and the schedule (and much more) get their materials (and pens, layers, combination, etc, etc.) from the file's 'attributes'. these attributes can be browsed, basically modified, and transferred from and to other files using the 'attribute manager' (Options>Attribute Manager...) so:
the same materials selected for doors, walls, whatever are used for rendering, scheduling and any other materials related operation.
pens, colours, lines, fills, composites, materials, zones and mark-up styles can be created and modified in detail in their relevant settings dialogue found under Options>Attribute Settings>Materials... (for example).
once you've created new materials, etc they will be available in the tool settings, scheduler, etc, etc...
as karl said above, every user should know how to do this. it's not so much basic usage as basic file management - it's really worth reading up on 'attributes' and any associated features in the manual. or better still - get some training!
HTH
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