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SetMaterial

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Arch

Menu location
Arch MultiMaterial
Arch → Material tools → Multi-Material
Workbenches
Arch, BIM
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
Arch SetMaterial, Arch CompSetMaterial

Description

The Multi-Material tool defines a list of materials with, for each material, a name and a thickness value. This multi-materials list can then be added to an Arch object instead of a single Arch Material .

Not all Arch objects can currently make use of multi-materials, and the use they do of it differs. Currently:

Walls with a MultiMaterial will use the material definitions and thicknesses to create a multi-layer wall
Windows with a MultiMaterial will attribute materials with a given name defined inside the MultiMaterial to window components with a same name or type (see below). Material thickness is not considered.
Panels with a MultiMaterial will use the material definitions and thicknesses to create a multi-layer panel

Usage

Create first a series of Arch Materials that you will need in your Multi-Material.
Optionally, select an Arch object you wish to attribute the new Multi-Material to.
Press the Multi-Material button.
Set the desired material layers.

Options

Upon creating or editing a multi-material by double-clicking it in the tree, the following options are available:

Duplicate another existing Multi-Material from the same document. This only copies the values over, and doesn't link the two multi-materials in any way.
The Name field will also set the material object's Label
The Composition list is the list of the different material layers that compose this multi-material. Each layer has a name, a material and a thickness value.
Click Add to add a new layer, Up to move a selected layer up, Down to move a selected layer down, or Del to delete a selected layer.
Double-click the name of a layer to edit it, the material will offer you a drop-down list of available Arch Materials in the same document, and thickness can be set to any value in any unit
Name and Material fields are mandatory. Thickness can be left blank (it will then adopt a value of 0).
When a multi-material contains layers with a thickness of zero, that thickness is considered variable. Arch objects that use the multi-material, such as Walls and Panels, will treat that accordingly, and give that layer the remaining space available given their own width or thickness.
If you name the different components of a multi-material "Frame", "Solid panel", "Glass panel" or "Louvre", and apply that material to a window, the given materials will be applied to the corresponding window components.

Relation to IFC

This roughly corresponds to a combination of IfcMaterialLayerSet and IfcMaterialLayer.

Limitations

Scripting

SetMaterial

Schedule

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

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+|SeeAlso=[[Arch_SetMaterial|Arch SetMaterial]], [[Arch_CompSetMaterial|Arch CompSetMaterial]]
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 == Description == <!--T:2-->
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-* [[Arch Wall|Walls]] with a MultiMaterial will use the material definitions and thicknesses to create a multi-layer wall
+* [[Image:Arch_Wall.svg|24px]] [[Arch Wall|Walls]] with a MultiMaterial will use the material definitions and thicknesses to create a multi-layer wall
-* [[Arch Window|Windows]] with a MultiMaterial will attribute materials with a given name defined inside the MultiMaterial to window components with a same name or type (see below). Material thickness is not considered.
+* [[Image:Arch_Window.svg|24px]] [[Arch Window|Windows]] with a MultiMaterial will attribute materials with a given name defined inside the MultiMaterial to window components with a same name or type (see below). Material thickness is not considered.
-* [[Arch Panel|Panels]] with a MultiMaterial will use the material definitions and thicknesses to create a multi-layer panel
+* [[Image:Arch_Panel.svg|24px]] [[Arch Panel|Panels]] with a MultiMaterial will use the material definitions and thicknesses to create a multi-layer panel
-== How to use == <!--T:7-->
+==Usage== <!--T:7-->
 <!--T:8-->
-# Create first a series of [[Arch SetMaterial|Arch Materials]] that you will need in your Multi-Material
+# Create first a series of {{Button|[[Image:Arch SetMaterial.svg|16px]] [[Arch SetMaterial|Arch Materials]]}} that you will need in your Multi-Material.
-# Optionally, select an Arch object you wish to attribute the new Multi-Material to
+# Optionally, select an Arch object you wish to attribute the new Multi-Material to.
-# Press the {{KEY|[[Image:Arch MultiMaterial.png|16px]] [[Arch MultiMaterial|Multi-Material]]}} button
+# Press the {{Button|[[Image:Arch MultiMaterial.svg|16px]] [[Arch MultiMaterial|Multi-Material]]}} button.
-# Set the desired material layers
+# Set the desired material layers.
 == Options == <!--T:9-->
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 * The '''Name''' field will also set the material object's Label
 * The '''Composition''' list is the list of the different material layers that compose this multi-material. Each layer has a name, a material and a thickness value.
-* Click '''Add''' to add a new layer, '''Up''' to move a selected layer up, '''Down''' to move a selected layer down, or '''Del''' to delete a selected layer.
+* Click {{Button|Add}} to add a new layer, {{Button|Up}} to move a selected layer up, {{Button|Down}} to move a selected layer down, or {{Button|Del}} to delete a selected layer.
 * Double-click the '''name''' of a layer to edit it, the material will offer you a drop-down list of available [[Arch SetMaterial|Arch Materials]] in the same document, and thickness can be set to any value in any unit
 * Name and Material fields are mandatory. Thickness can be left blank (it will then adopt a value of 0).
 * When a multi-material contains layers with a thickness of zero, that thickness is considered variable. Arch objects that use the multi-material, such as Walls and Panels, will treat that accordingly, and give that layer the remaining space available given their own width or thickness.
 * If you name the different components of a multi-material "Frame", "Solid panel", "Glass panel" or "Louvre", and apply that material to a window, the given materials will be applied to the corresponding window components.
+== Relation to IFC == <!--T:20-->
+<!--T:21-->
+This roughly corresponds to a combination of [https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/DEV/IFC4_2/FINAL/HTML/link/ifcmateriallayerset.htm IfcMaterialLayerSet] and [https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/DEV/IFC4_2/FINAL/HTML/link/ifcmateriallayer.htm IfcMaterialLayer].
+==Limitations== <!--T:18-->
+==Scripting== <!--T:19-->
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+|[[Arch_Schedule|Schedule]]
+|[[Arch_Module|Arch]]
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+}}
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