Deleting appearances

1. On the Format menu, point to Materials Catalog, and then click Surfaces Catalog.

The Material Surface Appearances dialog box appears.

2. Select the surface name that you want to edit, and then click Delete.

The appearance that you selected may be used in materials or types. Consider your situation:

• If the surface appearance is not used by any material or type, it is deleted. Click OK to complete the procedure.
• If the surface appearance is used by a material or type, the Delete Material Surface Appearance dialog box appears.

Consider your situation:

• To delete the appearance for all materials in the catalog, click Delete, and then click OK.

• NOTE: Deleting the surface appearance from the catalog does not remove it from other materials and material types that use it; the surface appearance remains in them as a local property.

• To substitute the surface appearance in the materials and types that also use it with another: (1) Click Substitute with. (2) In the drop-down list, select a substitution surface appearance. (3) Click OK. (4) In the Materials Surfaces Appearance dialog box, click OK.