Local Material Icons meanings (Internal materials)There are icons in the MicroStation V8 XM Edition version of the Material Editor that are new and not clear on the meetings.Product: MicroStation V8 XM EditionVersion: 08.09.02.35See Also: Help - Contents - Menus - Settings Menu - "Material Editor dialog box Palette Tree"
Here is a list.Icons for the active Material table:Icon: Solid Yellow folderMeaning: Local Material Table; the material assignment information is stored in/read from the DGN file.Icon: Outlined Yellow folderMeaning: Library Material Table; the material assignment information is stored in/read from the MAT file.Icon: Small yellow exclamationMeaning: Material Table is local, but palette(s) and/or materials are external. I believe this is just making sure you are aware that the material table is internal but the palette files are external. Normally when one wants the materials to be totally internal (no external reference) they would want the Material table, the Palettes and materials to be stored internally.Icons for a Palette entry:Icon: Solid Blue folderMeaning: Local Palette; the material definition information is stored in/read from the DGN file.Icon: Outlined Blue folderMeaning: External Palette; the material definition information is stored in/read from the PAL file.Icon: Small yellow yield exclamationMeaning: The palette(s) is internal but the material(s) are external. I believe this is just making sure you are aware that the palette(s) is internal but the materials are external.Icons for a Material entry:Icon: Grey bookMeaning: Material is external; getting material information from external PAL file.Icon: Blue book with Green check markMeaning: Material is internal and updated to the external Palette (PAL).Icon: Blue book with Blue triangleMeaning: Material is internal and but is not updated to the external Palette (PAL).