Clone a material to give it its own cost or variant properties
Clone a material entry so the copy can carry its own cost, code and properties without losing manufacturing details.
To price different brands or thicknesses, copy the standard material entry and give the copy its own cost, since brand-specific costs vary even for the same thickness.
To add your own costing to a material while keeping its manufacturing details, clone the material and add the costing to the clone rather than using the copy option, because a copy does not carry the manufacturing details.
To create a material variant, clone the material entry, give the clone its own code, and set its properties (for example lamination type, board type or laminate solid).
If only the thickness differs you can change the thickness value directly on the clone without redefining the internal or external laminate, so one base material can serve several thicknesses.