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# Material Attribute

### Overview

Similar to Assets, Materials can also have attributes to define behaviour.

Once you've defined an attribute, you'll want to start using it. Materials often have attributes for them to help define specific behaviour.

Attributes are added in the configuration section but can be associated to the an asset through the asset attribute table.

## Navigation

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Go to ***Settings > Material Definition > Material***. Then select the relevant [Material](/tillit/knowledge-base/setting-up-tillit/material-definition/material.md). Locate the ***Attributes panel***, then click to open.
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## Creating a Material Attribute

On the ***Attributes panel*** of the relevant material.

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Click **Create**.

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Fill in the required fields.

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Click **Save and close** (or **Save and open**) to finalise.
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### Fields

| Name         | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Material \*  | Automatically populated with the currently selected material.                   |
| Attribute \* | Select the attribute you want to link to this material from the drop-down list. |

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See the [example](/tillit/knowledge-base/setting-up-tillit/material-definition/material-attributes/example-of-material-attributes.md) section to see how to use Attributes with materials
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