Adding to the List of Materials

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Add new or missing materials to the list of materials available when drawing.

Adding Pipe Material A106 A

Problem: You can see material A106 B on the list, but not A106 A.

Solution:
Select Edit, Master Files, Material Categories as shown:

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Put the focus on row C, Carbon Steel Pipe.

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Select Utilities, Edit Materials for Carbon Steel Pipe (or press F3).

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You need to find an empty row to use for A106 A, so click Show Unused Rows. <cf>

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Select an appropriate unoccupied row, such as row U as shown.

With the focus on row U, select Edit, Edit Description. <cf>

Enter the new description as shown.

With the focus still on row U, press the spacebar to set the In Use flag.

Press OK. The A106 A material is now available for selection as shown.