MatBrowserOpen – BricsCAD Help Center

Opens the Render Materials panel to access materials used for renderings.

Note: Most rendering materials are not installed with the program, but must first be downloaded using this panel.

Accessing the Command

command bar: matbrowseropen
aliases: matb, matlib
context menu: right-click the ribbon or any toolbar, then choose Render Material

: MatBrowserOpen

Displays a panel with lists of materials:

Drawing Materials pane (top panel) - lists materials used in the drawing
Library Materials (middle pane) - list materials available to be downloaded from the master library
Preview (lowest pane) - previews the selected material

Command Options

Option	Description
Drawing Materials pane	Lists the material definitions contained in the current drawing. To add materials from the external library to the Drawing Materials list (and to this drawing): Drag a material from the Library Materials list onto an entity in the drawing Select one or more materials in the Library Materials list, right-click, and then choose Add Material(s) to Drawing Add material(s) to library - copies the selected material(s) to the materials library in the folder defined by the RenderMaterialPath preference. Change row height - sizes the rows bewteen Small, Medium, and Large
Library Materials pane: Search Field	Seaches for materials by name: As you type text in the search field, materials that contain the text in their names are listed. The material list is updated as you type. Click the X button to clear the search field.
Library Materials Pane	Click the Download, Name, and other headers to sort the lists alphabetically. Click again to reverse the sort order. Right click a material to display a context menu: Add material(s) to drawing - copies the selected material(s) to the current drawing. Delete material(s) - removes the selected material(s) from the materials library Cancel download - stops an ongoing material definition download Change row height - sets the row height to Small , Medium or Large in the context menu. Download column uses the blue arrow to indicate materials that have not yet been downloaded: double click to download the material. Downloaded materials are saved in the folder which is defined by the RenderMaterialPath preference, such as C:\ProgramData\Bricsys\RenderMaterials. To assign a material to an entity, drag its name from this panel onto an entity The definition is added to the current drawing and the Drawing Materials list. When you drag a material that has not yet been downloaded onto an entity, then the material appears red in color. Once the download is complete, the material appears correctly.