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      MartinRinehart
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      I've created two lighter and one darker material from [Wood_Cherry_Original], for a little variety in the cabinet shop. Can I get these to appear when I Materials/Select/Wood?

      Author, Edges to Rubies - The Complete SketchUp Tutorial at http://www.MartinRinehart.com/models/tutorial.

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        honoluludesktop
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        Not sure I understand, but if the material is in the "model" collection can't you "save as", and place it in the wood collection? If it is a external image, then import as texture, apply it to your model, and "save as".

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          TIG Moderator
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          @martinrinehart said:

          I've created two lighter and one darker material from [Wood_Cherry_Original], for a little variety in the cabinet shop. Can I get these to appear when I Materials/Select/Wood?

          You have made them in a particular Model. Open it and you then need to open the Materials Browser, open the Model's Materials Tab. Now right-click on each of these new Materials in turn and pick Save_as, and save each of them as new skm file, say into the ../Materials/Wood folder. When you open any Model from now on they should appear as available additional Materials under the 'Wood' sub-folder in the Materials Browser. Pick any of them as usual to add them to that particular Model's Materials list and its Entities...

          TIG

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            MartinRinehart
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            @tig said:

            Now right-click on each of these new Materials in turn and pick Save_as, and save each of them as new skm file, say into the ../Materials/Wood folder.

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            Thanks to you I not only got my woods into Wood, but I've also got a Materials dropdown that doesn't overflow and need scrolling, I've got A_Personal_Palette category with the stuff I use all the time and I've got rid of, for example, Colors_Named. A million thanks.

            Author, Edges to Rubies - The Complete SketchUp Tutorial at http://www.MartinRinehart.com/models/tutorial.

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