… Create Material Variants#

  1. Select Material Variants in the Content widget.

  2. Create two variants using one of the following ways:

  • Select Create > Material Variant in the menu bar (Method A).

  • Select Create > Material Variant in the Content widget (Method B).

  • Right click in the empty space of the Content widget and click the Create popup (Method C).

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  1. Rename the variants to e.g. “Material Variant A” and “Material Variant B”:

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  1. Click on Materials and create (or duplicate) a new material. In this case, a red emissive effect is added to the duplicated material. Please note, that the effect is not visible, as this material is not assigned yet.

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  1. Select the “Hello Cube Mesh” in Meshes section. In the Inspector widget, select the only available primitive.

  2. Enable the variants extension at the bottom of the Inspector widget.

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  1. Assign the empty slots with the “Hello Cube Material” and the “Unnamed Material 1”.

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  1. Now it is possible to select the currently visible variant in the Viewport Settings widget.

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