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Define Materials

To define material properties, select Define Materials Define Material button from the toolbar or the Materials menu.

You can define any number of different material types in the Define Material Properties dialog, by selecting from the list of materials at the left of the dialog, and defining properties for each material.

    Materials List

    In the Materials List, all currently defined materials are listed. The material being edited is highlighted. You can:

    • Add a new material by clicking the Add icon add material icon
    • Delete a new material by clicking the Delete icon delete material icon
    • Show only the materials that are assigned to the slope by clicking the Filter icon filter material icon
    • To copy the values of the selected property to another property, click the Copy icon copy material icon

    Material Name

    The Material Name you enter should be a meaningful name which you can associate with your soil type (e.g. "upper clay" instead of "soil1").

    Duplicate material names are not allowed; each material name must be unique.

    Material Colour

    The Material Colour option allows to select and set a unique colour for each material in the 3D model.

    Material Distributions

    The Material Distributions option allows to configure the material's statistical distribution type and data. For more information on this see the Statistics page.

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