The Replace Materials Dialog

This dialog can be opened by clicking on the related menu item in The Tools Menu or by clicking on the icon in the materials bar (see The Main Window User Interface).

With this dialog you can find a specific material and its related faces and replace this material by another one.

Find

Material field

Name of the material to search for. Browse opens The Material Browser.

Search in

selected objects

Searches only in the currently selected objects for faces with the material to find.

all objects (whole world)

Searches in all map objects.

inclusive brushes

Includes brushes into the search.

inclusive bezier patches

Includes bezier patches into the search.

also in hidden visgroups

Includes invisible objects into the search.

Search for

exact matches

Only materials that match the exact material name given in the material field are found.

partial matches

Materials whose names match the searched material name partially are also found (e.g. search name: wall; partially matches with wall_01, mywall, etc.).

Find only

Found faces with the specified material are selected but the material is not replaced.

Replace

Material field

Name of the material to replace with. Browse opens The Material Browser.

Replace and rescale

The replacement material is rescaled in the same way as the old material.

Replace and not rescale

The replacement material is applied without rescaling.