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QUESTION
I would like to change the floor, ceiling, and wall materials in a specific room. How is this accomplished?
![Walls, floor, and ceiling with non-default materials. Living room with different materials for the ceiling, floor, and walls](https://d2haqc5836ials.cloudfront.net/live/KB-00305/305-Featured-2022.jpg?1630093604)
ANSWER
While creating a plan using Home Designer, you may want to change what materials are applied to the floor, ceiling, and walls of a room. This article describes how to change the materials of a room using the Room Specification dialog.
To change the materials in a room
- Using the Select Objects
tool, click inside of a room to select it, then click on the Open Object
edit button.
- On the Materials panel, select a room component (e.g. Ceiling Finish, Floor Finish, Walls).
![Select Material for a Component of a Room](https://d2haqc5836ials.cloudfront.net/live/KB-00305/305-fig1-13.png?1630093604)
- With the component selected, click the Select Material button.
- In the Select Material dialog that opens, locate and select the desired material, then click OK.
- Repeat steps 2-4 for each additional room component.
- Click OK to close the dialog and confirm the changes. The selected materials will now be visible in camera views going forward.