Create Materials

Create Materials

Apply Materials to Objects and Faces

 

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Create Materials

Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To create a new material using the Advanced material type

1. Click Tools menu; Palettes; Materials.
2. In the Materials window, below the swatches, click Create a New Material.
3. In the Create New Material dialog box, enter a name and an optional description. Click OK.
4. In the Materials Editor section, select Advanced material type.
5. Specify the material color options. You can select one or more color from the following:
   • Click Ambient to specify the color that appears on those faces lighted by ambient light alone, or select By Object to use the color of the object to which the material is attached.
   • Click Diffuse to assign a color to the material, or select By Object to use the color of the object to which the material is attached.
   • Click Specular to specify the color of a highlight on a shiny material, or select By Object to use the color of the object to which the material is attached. (Not available for Advanced Metal templates.)
6. (Optional) Click the first lock to set the ambient color to the diffuse color. Click the second lock to set the specular color to the diffuse color.

   When a color is locked to another color, changing one changes the other.

7. Use the sliders to set the properties for the shininess, opacity, refraction, translucency, and so on.
8. (Optional) Add a map style and a procedural map type. (See Use Map Channels for Added Realism and Understand Map Types.)

 Toolbar: Render 

 Command entry: MATERIALS

 Dashboard: Materials panel, Display Materials Window