Select by material

[glorybound]

I hope this question doesn't make my sound foolish, but can you select all of the elements in a scene with the same material assigned to it? What I have done in the past is create a new material with the same name as an existing. I would then create a dumb object and asign it to that element to override the material. Would this be the correct way to handle this?

[theedge]

Why don't you just select objects by material from the object editor ?
Or maybe I misunderstood your request.

[rivoli]

there's a select by material button in the mat editor, is that what you're looking for?

[glorybound]

Select by Material.

The object selector selects by color, but not material. I'll dig deeper into the material editor. I looked, but didn't see anything so I'll look again.

[rmejia]

In the material editor:

[rivoli]

it's in the right column, second one from the bottom. if memory serves me well..

[Sawyer]

In edit poly there is the "select by material ID" option. I use it all the time it works great especially if you provide a name for the sub materials. It took me a long time to figure out what that blank spot was for in the multi-sub menu between the number and the material slot.