Applying a Covering Material

Applying a covering material specifies a thin coating of material on the exterior surfaces of an object. You can apply a covering material to a product reference, a product instance, a representation instance, and elements underneath a representation reference (3D Shape representations only).

Before you begin: To visualize the applied material, click Shading with Material in the View toolbar (provided that a rendering domain is loaded along with the material).
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About Applying Materials
Applying a Core Material

  1. Specify the working context by double-clicking a product reference or product instance in the specification tree.

    The UI-activated object appears highlighted in blue. The covering material can be applied to the UI-activated object, to a product instance beneath the UI-activated object, to a representation instance (3D shape) directly below the UI-activated product reference or product instance, and to elements (3D shapes only) within these representation instances. For more information, see Material Application Supports and Context.

  2. Select a support for the covering material in the specification tree.

  3. Click Apply Covering Material .

    The Apply Covering Material dialog box appears.

  4. Click to select the material of your choice.

    The PLM Material Chooser appears. Two tabs are available:

    • From Session: select from materials already loaded in your session.
    • From Search: select from all materials stored in the PLM database.

  5. To display a list of available materials, use one of the following procedures:

    • On the From Session tab, click Retrieve loaded data.
    • On the From Search tab, enter a substring of the desired material's PLM identifier and click Search; alternatively, you can click Advanced Search and enter search criteria in the Search Criteria dialog box.



  6. Select a covering material (e.g., Blue Onyx 2) from the list, and click OK.

    Covering materials are identified in the PLM Material Chooser by the icon.

    The Apply Covering Material dialog box is updated accordingly.



  7. Click Apply.

    The covering material is applied.

  8. Optional: To visualize the product to which a covering material is applied, select the covering material in the specification tree; the material's support is highlighted both in the specification tree and in the geometry area:

Up to three covering materials can be applied to a single support. For more information about priority rules for multiple covering materials, see Material Application Supports and Context.