You can save materials to the Material Library to reuse. This helps you to stay organized, create a design system, and bulk update them easily.
Save materials to the Material Library
You can add materials to the Material Library by following these steps:
- With the object selected, click on the ‘Library’ icon that’s shown beside the material type in the right sidebar
- In the Material Library popover, click on the ‘+’ icon
- Name your material
- Press Enter to save
- Now your material should be saved to the Library and visible in the popover
![material-lib-add.gif](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/68601db4-1811-4438-be68-d63ac6633d47/material-lib-add.gif)
Use materials from the Material Library
To use a material from the Library, open the Material Library by clicking the Library icon in the right sidebar, and select the material you want for the selection.
![material-lib-use.gif](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/64f0e8bf-a80d-4d04-a32a-80a80b9979e8/material-lib-use.gif)
Replace a material with another one
To replace a material with another one from the Material Library:
- Click on the ‘Replace Material’ icon button next to the material name in the right sidebar.
- In the Material Library popover, select the material you want to replace it with
![material-lib-replace.gif](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/2467cf81-f844-4e79-9508-3535f7abd439/material-lib-replace.gif)
Rename a material