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How do I change the default physical material?

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RCSDesign
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How do I change the default physical material?

This has been bugging me for weeks now.  I don't recall really having this problem until a few updates past but it has finally annoyed me enough that I want to fix it. 

 

I do a lot of surface creation as part of designing injection molds for my parting lines.  Everytime I create a new surface it creates as this terrible textured steel with a mill finish.  When I look in physical materials there it is right next to the grey normal "metal" material.  I "unassign and delete" the mill finish steel.  

 

Is there a way to change the default physical material for any project I create from the beginning so I never have to remember to do the "unassign and delete" routine?

 

Ideally I would love the option to assign a default material/appearance for solid bodies and a different one by default for surfaces.  That would save me a bit of menu navigation time in the long run.  

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g-andresen
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Hi,

> preferences

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günther

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RCSDesign
in reply to: g-andresen

Wow. 

 

I'm an idiot.  I thought that did something else because the material name in the preferences was not "steel plate" or "steel mill finish"

 

Thanks!

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