> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kinship.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Managing Materials

> Learn how to manage materials in your library, including bulk actions, editing material properties, and organizing your content.

Using material listings, administrators can manage the materials in their library and the information embedded within them.

This can be done for a single material by clicking its <img className="inline not-prose" src="https://mintcdn.com/kinship/MuEx8AvkVMET4gSO/images/btn-more-grey-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=MuEx8AvkVMET4gSO&q=85&s=8e87b4f7bca0f3d4ecbc443282799bcc" alt="More menu button" width="16" height="16" data-path="images/btn-more-grey-dark.png" /> menu, or for multiple materials by clicking the Select button.

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## Enabling materials management

Materials Management is disabled by default. If you need to enable it, you can do so by following the steps below:

1. Open the **Settings** dialog from the avatar menu.
2. Navigate to the **Project Tracking** section.
3. Activate the toggle for **Materials**.

<Note>
  Changes to the Materials Management setting take effect after users restart their computer or sign out of Windows and sign back in.
</Note>

<img className="block" src="https://mintcdn.com/kinship/Hy_g27esKIM7StBb/images/material-enable-management.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=Hy_g27esKIM7StBb&q=85&s=b8510b0145a2b5db752d8f02f429a77f" alt="Enable Materials Management" width="2400" height="1966" data-path="images/material-enable-management.png" />

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## Available actions

The following actions are available for administrators:

* **Open In…:** Specify a Revit version to open the material(s) in. This opens a sample file containing the material applied to a placeholder family, for review.

* **Change Material Class:** Specify a Class to assign the material(s) to. Note that each material can only have one Class.

* **Attach Files:** Upload files as attachments to the material(s).

* **Add to List:** Add the material(s) to a new or existing list in your library.

* **Copy to Collection:** Copy the material(s) to a collection while keeping the current copy in your library.

* **Move to Collection:** Move the material(s) to a collection and remove it/them from your library.

* **Set as Pending Approval:** Mark the material(s) as pending approval and remove from the library.

* **Edit Info:** Review and change material properties.

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## Edit info

Using the Edit Info dialog, you can review or change the properties below for one or more materials:

* Description
* Class
* Revit Annotation Parameters (Keynote and Mark)
* Reference Links

<Note>Sending back this modified information to Revit will be available in an upcoming release.</Note>

<img className="block" src="https://mintcdn.com/kinship/MuEx8AvkVMET4gSO/images/material-edit-info.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=MuEx8AvkVMET4gSO&q=85&s=6fd2da52383d9cd4606255890cc84b12" alt="Edit Info dialog for materials showing description, class, reference links, and Revit annotation fields" width="2400" height="1966" data-path="images/material-edit-info.png" />

<Note>When multiple materials are selected, inputting a new value into any of the fields above will change it for all of those materials.</Note>

For non-administrators, this dialog is called **Get Info** and provides the same information for viewing only.

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## Learn more

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  <Card title="Materials Overview" icon="book-open" href="about-materials-overview" arrow="true">
    Understand how to build, organize, and search within your library of Revit materials.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Material Item Page" icon="file-lines" href="reference-materials-item-page" arrow="true">
    Learn about the rich information provided for each material and how to use it to inform selection and comparison.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Material Classes" icon="tags" href="about-materials-classes" arrow="true">
    Organize materials using classes, including creating, merging, deleting, and managing unassigned materials.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Appearance Asset Types" icon="palette" href="about-materials-appearance-asset-types" arrow="true">
    Learn about appearance asset types in Revit materials and how they're organized in Kinship.
  </Card>
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