# Categories

Having a lot of materials and textures might require proper management, the platform makes it easy by using categories for both [Materials](/learning-the-app/materials.md) and [Textures](/learning-the-app/materials/textures.md). This will allow users to store different material collections, texture galleries and more and easily use them when building configurators or product views.

The Categories page is divided into 2 main tabs: [Materials](/learning-the-app/materials/new-materials.md) and [Textures](/learning-the-app/materials/textures.md).

For example, you can organize your materials or textures by type by having the following categories: metal, wood, fabric, plastic, painted, glass, etc. or using categories to organize them into catalogs, for example: 'Tea cup cottage colors', 'Vintage colors', 'Traditional', 'Cottage style', etc. At the end is up to the user how it's more easy to organize both the **Materials** and **Textures**.

<figure><img src="/files/Fhz7Pgr6Ej6XNYlAOlSX" alt=""><figcaption><p>Listing material &#x26; texture categories</p></figcaption></figure>

### Material Categories - Video Tutorial

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