Type Button Right-Click Menu
 
 
 
Command entry: (Material Editor): Compact Type button Right-click the type button.

Right-clicking the Type button lets you copy a map or material, paste it, and access a few other options.

Interface

The menu you see when you right-click the Type button depends on whether you are at a top-level material, a map, or a sub-material.

Right-Click Menu for Materials

Cut
At the material level, has the same effect as Copy: Places a copy of the material in a buffer, but does not change the original material.
Copy
Copies the original material.
Paste (Copy)
Pastes a copy of a material you previously cut or copied.

This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.

Paste (Instance)
Pastes an instance of a material you previously cut or copied.

This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.

Clear
Closes the right-click menu. At the material level, this option has no other effect.
Copy as Generic
Appears only if the sample slot contains an Autodesk Material other than the Autodesk Generic_material. Copies the material as Autodesk Generic.

This option can lose some type-specific information. For example, Autodesk Generic does not have a Flecks component such as Autodesk Metallic Paint does.

Right-Click Menu for Maps

Cut
Removes the map and copies it to a buffer.
Copy
Copies the map.
Paste (Copy)
Pastes a copy of a map you previously cut or copied.

This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.

Paste (Instance)
Pastes an instance of a map you previously cut or copied.

This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.

Clear
Removes the map without copying it.

_____

Highlight Assets in ATS Dialog
Opens the Asset Tracking Dialog, with the map resource highlighted.

_____

Open
Opens the map in a graphics viewer.

Which viewer is launched depends on your system configuration.

Reveal Location in Explorer
Opens an instance of Windows Explorer to the folder where the map is stored, with the map file highlighted.

Right-Click Menu for Sub-Materials

Cut
Removes the sub-material and copies it to a buffer.
Copy
Copies the sub-material to a buffer.
Paste (Copy)
Pastes a copy of a sub-material you previously cut or copied.

This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.

Paste (Instance)
Pastes an instance of a sub-material you previously cut or copied.

This option doesn't appear if you haven't previously chosen Cut or Copy.

Clear
Removes the sub-material without copying it.