Component Model-in-place does not have materials and finishes?

[Anonymous]

Hi there. I have an issue with my component model-in-place when I put in some modified monolithic stairs and want to assign the wooden material to it before rendering, it doesn't have a 'Materials and Finishes' on the left hand side to open the material library for selections. I checked that my Autodesk Material Library is already installed and I don't have problem apply materials to other categories like the walls or the floors, only the Model-in-place component doesn't have the option, I think it's somewhere switched off disabled that I'm not aware of. Look forward to your kind help. 

[ennujozlagam]

post here your model in-place so we can check. thanks

[Anonymous]

@ennujozlagam My model is like this, as you can see from my selected component, it doesn't have the Material and Finishes on the left to choose texture from. 

[syman2000]

To apply material, you have to go into inplace family editor and then set your material there.

[Anonymous]

Oh! I sorted it out! Once I clicked open the component - Edit in place, then the Material option shows up: 

Now the wood material - Pine is shown. Thanks.

[Aazi14]

this is the right way. Thanks a lot