Assign a Physical Material to a Physics Asset Body

How to assign a Physical Material to a specific Physics Body in a Physics Asset using the Physics Asset Tool.

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If specific Physics Bodies need differing Physical Materials, you can then adjust them individually.

  1. Open a Physics Asset in the Physics Asset Tool.

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  2. Enable Body Edit Mode in the Physics Asset Tool.

  3. Select a Physics Body.

  4. In the Details pane, in the Physics Category, change the Simple Collision Physical Material.

    SimpleCollision.png

  5. Click Save

    ![](Shared\Icons\icon_SaveAsset_40x.png)

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