Can I set prevent the material appearance from applying when I change materials?

By default, when you change a material, the appearance that goes with that material is applied to the part also. In the Materials dialog under the Appearances tab, there is a check box to "Apply appearance of:". It remains in the last selected state throughout the session, but when you start a new SW session, it returns to selected. I'd like to be able to set a default if I could.

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