{"id":15257,"date":"2021-04-26T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keyshot.com\/?post_type=manual_documentation&#038;p=15257"},"modified":"2021-04-26T10:07:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T08:07:02","slug":"link-duplicate-materials","status":"publish","type":"manual_documentation","link":"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/manual\/materials\/in-project-library\/link-duplicate-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Link Duplicate Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Link Duplicate Materials<\/em> feature enables you to quickly locate and link materials from your scene, that are exactly the same. This can be an easy way to help clean up your <a href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/manual\/materials\/in-project-library\/\"><em>In-project Library<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right-click in the <em>Material View<\/em> under <em>Project <\/em>Window <em>&gt; Scene tab <\/em>or <em>Project <\/em>Window <em>&gt; Material tab<\/em> and select <em>Link Duplicate Materials <\/em>from the context menu. This will open the <em>Link Duplicate Materials<\/em> dialog. You can link duplicate Materials in 2 ways: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/Link-duplicate-materials-dialog-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/Link-duplicate-materials-dialog-1.png 837w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/Link-duplicate-materials-dialog-1-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/04\/Link-duplicate-materials-dialog-1-768x670.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select which materials to link by marking the check boxes of the materials in the list on the right.<\/li><li>Click <em>Link Materials <\/em>to link the selected materials.<\/li><li>Click <em>Link All Duplicates <\/em>to link all duplicate materials in your scene.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29916,"featured_media":0,"parent":3459,"menu_order":5,"template":"","manualdocumentationcategory":[13],"manual_doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15257","manual_documentation","type-manual_documentation","status-publish","hentry","manualdocumentationcategory-keyshot"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Link Duplicate Materials - KeyShot 10 Manual<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot10\/manual\/materials\/in-project-library\/link-duplicate-materials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Link Duplicate Materials - KeyShot 10 Manual\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Link Duplicate Materials feature enables you to quickly locate and link materials from your scene, that are exactly the same. 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