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Tools & controls

Find your way around UMM, look up a control, or follow a task in your model.

Main window header

Main workspace

Material list, selection, search, sorting, usage filters and status.

Licensing, demo & support

Open licensing, inspect status, use the demo and send feedback.

Model Info

Inspect model statistics and complexity information.

Tools

Material Library

Load, save and organize reusable materials.

Replace Materials

Replace one material, or prepare several replacements for a scanned scope.

Texture Transform 2027

Position, rotate, scale and map textures on eligible faces or selected containers.

Material Variants 2027

Save and compare alternative finishes, with material choices and texture positions stored in the model.

Materializer

Generate and assign materials from groups, components and tags.

Actions

Check Faces

Distinguish front and back faces using a temporary display.

Material Diagnostics 2027

Inspect material inheritance, assignment locations and optional conversion tools.

New Material & Edit Material

Create or edit color, texture, dimensions, opacity and PBR properties.

Cleanup

Merge Duplicates 2027

Consolidate eligible duplicate materials while respecting protected references.

Purge Unused 2027

Remove unused materials while keeping materials needed by saved variants.

Remove From Selection

Clear assignments from a selection, its hierarchy, or the model context.

Settings

Settings

Assignment behavior, display, window modes, presets and feedback.

Inspect

Eyedropper

Pick a material from geometry and locate it in UMM.

Scan Selection

Find the materials used by selected SketchUp geometry.

Isolate

Limit the material list to materials on the current selection.

Highlight

Show a visual preview for the selected material.

Material cards

Assign 2027

Paint selected groups or components directly, or put material on the faces inside them.

Rename, Duplicate & Delete

Manage individual material definitions.

Inside Material Library

Batch Create

Create several materials using a consistent naming and color scheme.

Batch Rename

Rename selected materials with a reviewed naming pattern.

SketchUp material fundamentals

Faces, container paint, inheritance, shared geometry and texture mapping.

Open the learning reference →

Earlier versions

The UMM 1.6 manual remains available for earlier installations.

UMM 1.6 manual ↗

UMM 2027 documentation.