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In one of my plan files, I often encounter a message that presents repeatedly and says "The material "___" was duplicated. It was renamed to avoid confusion."  What is causing this and how can I prevent it?

This message will display when the program detects multiple materials in a plan file that have the same name. To prevent the message from continuing to appear, you can purge unused materials from the plan.

To purge unused materials from a plan

1. Open the plan file in question.
   
   
   
2. Select 3D> Materials> Plan Materials  from the menu.
   
   
   
3. In the Plan Materials dialog:
   
   
   
   
   
   • Scroll through the list of materials on the left and notice the number of materials that do not have a checkmark beside them.
     
     
   • Click the Purge button.
     
     
   • Notice that the materials in the list with no checkmarks are now gone.
     
     
   • Click OK to close the dialog.