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Material palettes and library

For each Heatpunk project you will need to use a material palette. This palette contains all the materials that make up the property you're modelling. You can create default palettes usable on any project via your material library or build palettes from scratch for each project. 

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

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When you create a project, you will see all your complete 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.

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

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Creating a palette

  1. Click + New Palette in the top right, then + New Team/User Palette. Standard users will only be able to make user-level palettes. Pro users will be able to create team-level palettes that will be available to members of their pro team.
  2. Input the name of the palette and click OK.
  3. Click on the new palette to add materials. 
  4. For each section (external walls, windows, etc.) select the materials you would like to be included in the palette. 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 Next on the bottom right or click the next section directly on the sidebar. 
  6. Once you have entered a material for each section and completed your palette then click Home on the bottom left to finish. 

Incomplete palettes

Incomplete palettes will save but will not be selectable on 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

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Managing material palettes 

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

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Edit palette
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Clone palette

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Delete palette 

Any changes made will not affect projects already using that palette. See here for information on editing a palette within a project. 

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