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These materials are all saved in the document and may be edited in the Material Editor by double-clicking on their thumbnail.
Context Menu
Several actions are available in this window’s context menu.
| Item | Function |
| New Material | Add a new material (default grey) or emitter to the scene. |
| New Emitter | |
| MXM Browser | Show the MXM Browser page in the plugin's Database Manager. |
| Import MXM | Browse for an MXM file from the file system. |
| MXM Gallery | Browse for an MXM file using Maxwell MXED in MXM Gallery mode. |
| Clone Material | Create a duplicate of the selected materials. |
| Material Wizards | Use a wizard to create a new material. |
| Remove Selected | Remove materials from the scene. |
| Remove All | |
| Select Assigned Objects | Select entities which use the selected materials. |
| Assign to Selected | Assign the selected material to the currently-selected entities. |
| Export Selected | Export selected materials to a single library for later use. |
| Import Library | Import a previously-created library of materials. |
| Icon Type | Set the material thumbnail type and size, and specify a sorting method. |
| Icon Sizes | |
| Sort Order |
MXM Gallery Browser
The Maxwell MXED material browser includes a Web tab which is used for browsing the online Maxwell MXM Gallery. Choosing ‘MXM Gallery’ from the Materials context menu shows this dialog, allowing you to search the Maxwell MXM Gallery database without leaving the plugin environment. The MXED MXM Gallery Search window looks like this:
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