I think this acts as intended. Two use cases;
- You can have multiple MaterialVariants of the same name, lets say you have a “Ceiling” variant of Metal, and another of WoodPlanks, it would make sense that you just change the Material on the part and it works as expected, then if you need to change it back, it’s alot easier.
- When you save your parts and then place them in a new workspace, there is still a reference to a material of that name so it can see if it’s viable or not.
One thing I would prefer in the drop-down MaterialVariant property is having all the Variants of my current BaseMaterial as the only/first options. Currently it’s just a list of everything, which seems a bit odd.