7 Replies Latest reply on May 4, 2018 12:28 PM by Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama

Can I copy and paste material?

Lee Legg May 4, 2018 8:02 AM

Hi, I'm using version 2016.

I have an assembly in which I've not done any changes to the material of the parts. It is all "not specified". Is there a way to copy the material from one part and paste it onto the others? When I try "CTRL+C / CTRL+V", I get the message "The item on the clipboard cannot be pasted here."

Just to make sure of what I'm doing, I twirl down the part info, click on the material for the part that already has it assigned, hit CTRL+C, then click on the material of the next part (the unassigned one), and click CTRL+V.

Thanks!

Re: Can I copy and paste material?

Glenn Schroeder May 4, 2018 8:16 AM (in response to Lee Legg)

I'm not aware of any way to copy and paste Material, but you could add it to your Favorites:

, then easily apply it to each Part within the Assembly without the need to open each Part.
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Re: Can I copy and paste material?

Deepak Gupta May 4, 2018 8:35 AM (in response to Lee Legg)

No need to copy paste but you can select them all and apply the same material in one go.
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  Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama May 4, 2018 8:40 AM (in response to Deepak Gupta)
  
  Deepak is there a macro for make one match properties to make this one?
  
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    Deepak Gupta May 4, 2018 9:50 AM (in response to Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama)
    
    Ruben, could you please explain in details as I'm not quite sure on what you looking for?
    
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      Rubén Rodolfo Balderrama May 4, 2018 12:28 PM (in response to Deepak Gupta)
      
      Well for example when I copy an appearance property and paste it into a new component that would make a match properties.
      Imagine if you could copy the material property of a component and just paste through the components of an assembly. It would be easier to walk opening each component and select it from a list.
      The video is only to show you a example
      
      Match Property.wmv 6.2 MB
      
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Re: Can I copy and paste material?

Dan Pihlaja May 4, 2018 9:49 AM (in response to Lee Legg)

#TASK can do it:
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  Deepak Gupta May 4, 2018 9:54 AM (in response to Dan Pihlaja)
  
  Dan, I do not think that is limitation but an option in case you want to replace material only for parts with some material specified.
  
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