Re: Materials Question

>   Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:32 -0500
>   From: "Dan Hutchins" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Materials Question
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> I am using version 2.41 on Ubuntu  Linux.  If I create a new material it
> says "MA:Material.001" but when I hover the mouse over it, it just says
> something along the lines of "Click to rename the material."  If I rename
> the material to more accurately describe it, the ".001" goes away.  I just
> assumed that was Blender's Material naming convention.  Should I be adding
> that number to the end of my materials?
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No, you don't have to.  The number is the default suffix to the non-descript 
"material"
name assigned automatically. You can rename the material anything you like.
However, if you copy a material (useful when you want something that is 
almost
the same) Blender will add the numeric suffix (which you can again rename 
entirely)
to the original name to allow saving the changes without affecting the 
original when
you tweak the variation in colour, texture, etc. for your slightly different 
material.


CBVG