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      <div class="title_topic5" id="xps10_pagetitle">Using Materials and Textures</div>
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_mat_ov.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td">How To</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Enter the Materials and Textures task environment. (Select View&rarr;Visualization&rarr;Materials/Textures, or Click the Materials/Textures icon on the Visualize Shape toolbar.)</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Undock the Materials in Part Palette.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Copy materials from the System Materials and/or the Materials Library Navigator to the Materials in Part palette. See  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_mat_copy_p.html');return(false);">Copying a Material</a>.
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            <p class="para_item">Re-dock the Materials in Part Palette, if necessary.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Switch to Studio Display Mode. To switch to Studio Display Mode, select Studio from the Display Mode option menu in the View Popup Menu or in the Preferences&rarr;Visualization&rarr;Visual dialog.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Apply materials to faces and/or bodies. See  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_mat_apply_p.html');return(false);">Applying a Material</a>.
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            <p class="para_item">Optionally edit materials in the Materials in Part palette to achieve the desired result. See  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('visualizing_a_part/vie_vis_mat_edit_p.html');return(false);">Editing a Material</a>.
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            <p class="para_item">Open the High Quality Image dialog. (Click the Camera icon).</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select a Render Method. This determines the quality of the photo-realistic image that you want to generate.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">The following diagram illustrates copying materials from the two available palettes, editing a material, and applying a material to a body or face in a part.</p>
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