If you want unique materials for both objects, click on the 2 next to the material name in in the Shader Editor or Properties Panel > Material Properties and a duplicate copy of the material will be created. This means that if you change the material in the Shader Editor or Properties Panel, you change the material for both objects. When you select another object and assign it the same material, that material will then have two users. Clicking on a button will assign or replace the material on the selected object. In the N-Panel > QMM, you see the sections Noble Metals, Base Metals & Alloys, and Extras. Select an object in your view, and click a button to assign that material to it.

Click the check box to enable the add-on, save your preferences, and you will find a new tab labeled QMM in the N-Panel in the 3D viewport. zip file you just downloaded, and press Install Add-on. zip file, and in Blender, go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons and click the Install… button.

You can download Quick Metal Materials from: 23 Materials Included:ĭownload, installation and usage of Quick Metal Materials

They are all based on techniques that I learned from various tutorials, so I hope new Blenderers find them useful for reference and study. Use them as-is, or remix them for your own purposes. This add-on began as a way to give me quick access to my favorite shaders without having to append them from an external file. Quick Metal Materials is a free Blender add-on which gives you 19 metal and four “extra” materials for use in your scenes.

Free blender materials