Material palettes and library

For each Heatpunk project you will need to use a material palette.palette. This palette contains all the materials that make up the property you're modelling.

You can create default palettes usable on any projects through your material library or build palettes from scratch for each project. 

Material library 

The material library can be accessaccessed from the Heatpunk homepage under My Material Library.

UponWhen openingyou create a project afteryou creatingwill it,see youall your palettes and the option to create a palette from scratch (No Presets). You can also navigate to the material library by clicking Manage palettes.

Note if you select No Presets and create a palette through a project, it will not save to your material library.

In your material library, you will be able to view and edit all your material palettes and create new ones. 

Creating newa palettespalette

1. Click + New Palette in the top rightright, -then Admin+ New Team/User Palette. Standard users will only be able to make siteuser palettes that are available to allthem. user, proPro users will be able to create team palettes that will be available to members of their pro team. Standard users will only be able to make user palettes that are available to them.
   
   
2. Input the name of the palette - this won't be used in any reports and isclick just for organising your material library.OK
3. Click on the new palette to add materials to it (the ! symbol signifies that the section is yet to have a default material set, and will not be available for new projects until it is complete). 

   

   
   
4. For each section (external walls, windows, etc.) select the materials you would like to be included in the palette. The material first selected will be given a star, this will be the default material used in the project. Click the star next to the material you'd like to be the default. 

   Can't find the material you need? Create a custom material.

5. Once you have added all the materials you need to a section click the next button at the bottom to continue or hover over the next section and click the edit button. 
6. Once you have entered a material for each section and completed your palette then click the home button to finish. 

Incomplete palettes

Incomplete palettes will save but will not be selectable on projects.projects, the ! symbol next to each section title signifies that the section is incomplete. Each section needs at least one material, but only materials used in a project will be displayed on reports

 

Managing material palettes 

From the material library, each palette will have a three dots menu in the top right, clicking this will give the following options: 

	Edit palette Edit any of the selected materials for the palette. See here for information on editing a palette within a project.
	Clone palette Make a copy of the palette to make changes.
	Delete palette  This cannot be undone.

Any changes made to existing palettes will not affect projects already using that palettepalette. already.Read about using material palettes within a project.