applying material to objects

Hello,

I am a fairly decent autocad09 user but am having problems teaching myself how to apply materials to objects. I have made my objects and am ready to apply a material to them. I typed materials into command and the table pops up where you can render a material. I then chose my material and i see it at the bottom of the table where i can edit. All is good at this point. Now, I go back to top of table and choose apply material to objects and a little paint brush icon appears. I go and try to highlight objects and it does but when i click nothing happens. Am I missing something or is there another approach? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Just in case, I am drawing a basketball court and want to put a wood floor down. I went to the material list and chose one of the woods/plastics.

Brian

You have to render it to see the materials attached to your drawing.

I go and try to highlight objects and it does but when i click nothing happens

just click it and then right click (=enter) and it is fine. unfortunately there is no highlight or anything to confirm it but dont worry. Check it by using the realistic visual style and see for yourself.

another way to apply materials btw (which i find most of use) is by attaching them to layers. try materialattach in the command line for this.

one more is by right click on object -> properties -> 3d visualization tab -> material

(options are by layer,by block and all materials already available.

i went to materialattach command and i see my material but i do not know how to put a material into a layer. Layers only have line properties from what i know so far

It's pretty straightforward.

If you opened the "Material Attachment Options" dialog with the MATERIALATTACH command, it tells you right across the top of the dialog: Drag a Material onto a Layer

oh wow i didnt see that the right column were my layers, haha thanks that really easy

so i got the material in the layer. is it possible to hatch from a layer. my object is to make an area have a certain material.

i figured it out. only problem is everything turns to that material.

That's because you have put a material in the first material slot. That first slot is a global material that will be applied as the default material to every object in your scene. You should never use the first material slot. Always create a new material.

I'm having a similar problem. I use '08, and when I click on to attach to object it won't select it. It highlights when the paintbruch hovers but

as soon as I click...nothing. My screen is in 2d wireframe, but even if I change to 3d hidden or conceptual I get the same problem. I thought maybe

the objects were not solid so I tried to make solid and it won't recognize it. I should mention that I use a shell program over AutoCad called CadKit.

It allows us to draw walls and insert cabinets etc from library. I do have full function (I think) AutoCad as my screens, menu etc. all are the same with

just added tool bars for the shell program.

I thought maybe the objects were not solid so I tried to make solid and it won't recognize it. I should mention that I use a shell program over AutoCad called CadKit.

Do a List (LI) on the objects created with CadKit. Does AutoCAD report that they are Solids or something else, like perhaps Bodies or Mesh?

Attach an example file here.

On the cabinet faces it says "Block" #; On walls it says polylines & polyfaces (assuming I'm reading it right)

As far as attaching a sample file, not sure how. Do I attach as an image and do I save as image first?

I'm thinking you do do have any true 3D objects therefore you would not be able to attach materials to them. Anyway, is it even possible to attach a material to a block and have it render properly?

I'm thinking you do do have any true 3D objects therefore you would not be able to attach materials to them. Anyway, is it even possible to attach a material to a block and have it render properly?

Remark - your stuttering today. "you do do" I think you meant "you do not"

tmac

right click on the filename

select Send To

Compressed (zipped) Folder.

Click on Go Advanced lower right corner when responding back here

Click on the paperclip upper center of reply screen and find your *.zip file to attach here.

I think ReMark may be right. but here is the attached file. Do you think there are free libraries of cabinets that will take material attachements?....Just tried to upload file and it was too big so I just created something with a couple cabs.

Drawing1.zip