I can't figure out how to tell what the name of the material file i have attached to my model. Let's say I open a project file from two years ago and adjust some of the rendering material types and now i want to save that material file again. How do I know what material file I have applied to this model. If I click the material file button I can change material files, load new ones, save existing etc... but I do not see any way to tell what material file is being applied to the model
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Which brings up another question. Does the material file only apply itself one time and then done. let's say I drew a play in 2015 and continued to evolve that material file into my projects in 2017. Now when I open my 2015 project up and save the material file does it overwrite all those years of an evolving material file with whatever settings were used in 2015?
I would hope that we could apply a material file and whenever we open up a project it goes back and references that file and it's settings. Only saving and updating those settings when we ask it to. But otherwise always looking back into that file. I would think this would be a good way to have a set of 10-12 pre-defined color schemes that continue to evolve and look nice. As it currently stands I keep saving over different files and i'm always chasing my tail and end up just creating new schemes almost every time.