Material Tool

The Material Tool

The Material Tool is a Tool for manipulating Materials.

Usage

Primary

With a material orb in the tool, pulling the trigger will apply the material to whatever you're pointing at. If the target has multiple materials, only the first material is affected.

Secondary

If the tool is empty, pressing secondary will create a material orb based on the first material of the target object and automatically place it into the tool.

Grab

Grabbing at the tool while it has a material orb in it will pull it out of the tool.

Releasing a material orb on top of an empty material tool will put it into the tool.

Context Menu

Context menu for the material tool without a material orb in it

Context menu for the material tool with a material orb in it

If the tool is empty, you can only create a new material.

With a material orb stored in the tool, you can do the following actions in your context menu:

• Duplicate the material (Create Copy)
• Pull up an inspector window to edit the material (Edit Material).
• Convert the material into another type of material, producing a new material orb in front of the tool and replacing all instances of the original material.
• There is an eject orb button to clear the Material Tool's current material, useful for desktop users.

Advanced Features

• While this tool is equipped, you can also pull materials out of fields by holding the contents of the field, then while holding it, pressing primary.

• While holding a slot with the material tool equipped, then pressing secondary, all referenced materials in the hierarchy will be spawned.

• If you grab a slot and then open the context menu while holding the slot reference, you will get an option to Convert All to... which allows you to convert every single material underneath that slot to a new type.