Left cup made by porcelain, more heavy and durable
Right cup made by glass, lighter and fragile
Materials and Visual Style
Materials only show on Realistic visual style
Other visual style you need to render, then materials will display
Material Browser
Used to view and apply materials from the material library
Allows to create and modify materials
- Document Materials: Preview materials added in the drawing
- Material Library
- Create new library
- Create new material
- Open Material Editor
Adding Materials
Drag and drop material onto the object
Ctrl + Drag & drop onto the face of an object
Ctrl + Drag & drop onto the face of an object
Remove Materials
Select the object to remove attached material
Attach by Layer
Attach material to each object might take too long
Attach materials based on the layer will cut short the time consume
Material Editor
Modify existing material
Duplicate current material
Preview
Preview in different shape and rendering quality
Rendering quality: Fastest, Draft, Medium, production
Create New Type of Material
Create new material or duplicate an existing material
Properties
Generic
Controls the color, image, glossiness and highlights
Reflectivity
Controls the amount of light reflected
Transparency
Controls the amount of transparency, refraction
Cutouts
Uses and image or texture to make a material partially transparent
Used to create lace or etched glass
Self Illumination
controls the color, brightness, temperature of light
Bump
Uses an image of the material or texture to create a bump pattern
Tint
Control the hue and saturation value
Texture Editor
Modify the appearance of the texture displayed on a material
Controls the position, scale, repeat
Material Mapping
Change the mapping when projected on the different surface types
Planar
Projects an image onto a flat surface
Box
Projects an image onto the faces of a boxlike solid
Cylindrical
Wraps an image onto a cylindrical object
Shperical
Wraps an image onto a spherical object
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