Arch SetMaterial

Arch SetMaterial
Menu location
Arch → Set material...
Workbenches
Arch
Default shortcut
M,T
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Material tools allows to add materials to the active document, and attribute a material to an Arch object. Materials can all the properties of a certain material, and control the color of the object to which it is attached. Materials are stored into a Materials folder in the active document.

How to use

1. Optionally, select one or more objects to which you wish to attribute a new material.
2. Press the Set Material button.
3. Load a preset material, or create a new one by filling the fields.
4. Press OK.

Options

• Upon creating a new material, a task panel allows you to set different options:

• Choose preset: Choose one of the preset materials, to be used as is, or to be adapted by modifying the fields below
• Name: Choose a name for the material
• Edit button: This opens the current material in FreeCAD's Material editor, which allows you to edit many additional properties and add your own custom ones
• Description: A more detailed description of the material
• Color: A display color for the material, which will be applied to all objects that use that material
• Code: A name and reference number of a specification system such as Masterformat or Omniclass.
• Code browser button: Not implemented yet - will allow to open the reference in a web browser
• URL: An URL where more informaiton about the material can be found
• URL button:Opens the URL in a web browser

Arch

• Elements: Wall, Structure, Curtain Wall, Window, Roof, Space, Stairs, Equipment, Frame, Fence, Truss, Profile, Pipe, Pipe Connector
• Reinforcements: Straight Rebar, U-Shape Rebar, L-Shape Rebar, Stirrup, Bent-Shape Rebar, Helical Rebar, Column Reinforcement, Beam Reinforcement, Slab Reinforcement, Footing Reinforcement, Custom Rebar
• Panels: Panel, Panel Cut, Panel Sheet, Nest
• Materials: Material, Multi-Material
• Organization: Building Part, Project, Site, Building, Level, External reference, Section Plane, Schedule
• Axes: Axis, Axes system, Grid

---

• Modification: Cut with plane, Add component, Remove component, Survey

---

• Utilities: Component, Clone component, Split Mesh, Mesh to Shape, Select non-manifold meshes, Remove Shape from Arch, Close Holes, Merge Walls, Check, Toggle IFC Brep flag, 3 Views from mesh, Create IFC spreadsheet, Toggle Subcomponents
• Additional: Preferences, Import Export Preferences (IFC, DAE, OBJ, JSON, 3DS, SHP), IfcOpenShell, IfcPlusPlus, Arch API

User documentation

• Getting started
• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, Docker, AppImage, Ubuntu Snap
• Basics: About FreeCAD, Interface, Mouse navigation, Selection methods, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help FreeCAD, Donate

---

• Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
• Workbenches: Std Base, Arch, Assembly, CAM, Draft, FEM, Inspection, Mesh, OpenSCAD, Part, PartDesign, Points, Reverse Engineering, Robot, Sketcher, Spreadsheet, Start, Surface, TechDraw, Test Framework, Web

---

• Addons: Addon Manager, External workbenches, Scripting and macros

---

• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub