In Connect, using Material tools requires "Identify Elements Automatically" but V8i didn't require it.

In V8i it was not necessary to enable the AccuSnap setting Identify Elements Automatically to work with materials, but in Connect Edition it must be enabled. In CE if it is not enabled you can't attach a material to an element. You can't even Query the material unless you enable that setting.

I personally avoid using Identify Elements Automatically because I don't like it. I prefer manually identifying elements. I know this requires more mouse clicks, but I don't care about that.

It should work the same way it did in V8i, but currently it doesn't. It should be up to the user whether or not to decide to use the Identify Elements Automatically setting.

Regards,
Ron