Form: Frame Assignments - Material Overwrite
Select the frame(s) whose material property is to be changed/overwritten.
Click the Assign menu > Frames > Material Overwrites command to access the Frame Assignments - Material Overwrite form.
Select the material definition to be used to overwrite the assignment made to the selected frames.
Click the Apply button to make the assignment.
To remove all assignments, select the frame object(s), highlight the None option, and click the Apply button.
Note that clicking the Modify/Show Definitions button will display the Define Materials form, which can be used to define a new material property.
When the Apply button is used, the Frame Assignment - Material Overwrite form will remain open until it is closed by clicking the Close button. This allows selection of another frame object(s), to which a different assignments can be made.
If only one assignment is being made to only one set of selected objects, the OK button can be used to both apply the assignment and close the form.
IMPORTANT NOTE: A Material Overwrite does not apply when the following frame section property types are assigned to the selected frame object(s): Section Designer, Nonprismatic, Auto Select Section, I-Section with Rectangular Encasement, I-Section with Circular Encasement, Filled Tube, or Filled Pipe.
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