# Display Different materials for different scenes

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/display-different-materials-for-different-scenes/40617>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Tags:** materials, scenes\
**Created:** [March 8, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/display-different-materials-for-different-scenes/40617 "2017-03-08T20:46:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrew1.elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@andrew1.elliott](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/andrew1.elliott)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/display-different-materials-for-different-scenes/40617/1 "2017-03-08T20:46:11Z")

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Hello all, this is my first visit here. I am working on some presentation images for a client who wants to see a few different material choices on a wall.

I have created different scenes and thought that I would be able to apply a different material for each scene but every time I update my scenes they all revert to the material I added last. Am I missing something basic here or is there not a way to do this?

Any guidance is much appreciated, Andy.

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/display-different-materials-for-different-scenes/40617/2 "2017-03-08T21:14:55Z")

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Materials are not scene specific. A scene is essentially a camera view. You can make copies of the components/groups and put them on different layers. Apply different materials to different instances of the components/groups and use the Layers to determine which ones are visible in each scene.

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**Author:** ![andrew1.elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@andrew1.elliott](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/andrew1.elliott)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/display-different-materials-for-different-scenes/40617/3 "2017-03-08T21:37:47Z")

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Thanks DaveR. That answers my question perfectly.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/display-different-materials-for-different-scenes/40617/4 "2017-06-08T12:56:00Z")

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