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Collections are bookmarks for materials. They give your team a shared shortlist — the insulation products you have pre-approved, or everything earmarked for one project — so people find the right material in seconds instead of searching the whole Library each time. A material can belong to any number of collections, and the Materials list can be filtered down to them.

Add a material to a collection

Click the bookmark icon on the row you want to save.
Materials list with a row highlighted and an Add to collection tooltip over the bookmark icon.

The bookmark icon on a material row

My collections opens beside the row, listing the collections you already have and how many materials each holds. Tick one to add the material to it.
My collections popover listing collections with their counts, one ticked, and a new collection field at the bottom.

Choosing collections for a material

To start a fresh one, type a name in + New collection at the bottom of the popover. It is created immediately and the material is added to it — no need to leave the list. Because the popover is a set of checkboxes, adding a material to several collections at once is just several ticks. Re-open it on the same row any time to change them.

Spotting what is already saved

A material that belongs to a collection carries the collection’s name as a chip on its row, next to its category. That makes a saved material recognisable while you are scrolling, without opening anything.

Find materials by collection

Open the Filters panel and expand Collections.
Filters panel with the Collections section expanded, showing a searchable list of collections with one ticked and a count badge on the Collections row.

Filtering the list down to a collection

Tick one or more collections and the list narrows to their contents. The Collections row shows how many filters are active, Search finds a collection by name when the list gets long, and Clear drops them all.
Collections combine with the other filters. Tick a collection and set At least valid to a future date to see only the pre-approved materials that will still be valid when the project completes.

Remove a material from a collection

Click the bookmark icon on the row and untick the collection. The material is removed straight away, and the chip disappears from its row.