Add a Material Link node () under a Materials node in a model component to add a link to a material that you have added under the global Materials node () and use it as a material in that component’s geometry. To add it, right-click the Materials node and choose Material Link from the More Materials submenu. The Material Link node’s Settings window is similar to the Settings window for a material node (see The Settings Window for Material), with the exception that there is no Material Properties sections. Instead, it includes the following section:

From the Material list, select the global material that you want to link to:

Click the Go to Material button () to move to the selected material node. Click the Add Material from Library button () to add a global material from the material libraries or a new blank global material. The added material then becomes the one selected in the Material list.