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establish as the material origin, take note of Stretch to Fit
the coordinates that display in the Status Bar.
Some special textures, often used for
To determine origin coordinates on the artwork, do not tile. Instead, these textures
vertical plane, place your cursor over the resize to stretch across any surfaces that they
origin location in a cross section/elevation are applied to. Materials that behave this way
view. are specified as Stretch to Fit in the Define
Once you have taken note of the new origin Material dialog.
coordinates, enter them on either the PAT- To display an artwork texture, first place a
TERN or TEXTURE panel of the Define wall or desk frame in your plan. A selection
Material dialog. See “Define Material of both are available in the library. See
Dialog” on page 1028. “Placing Library Objects” on page 939.
A texture or pattern origin is a property of the Next, simply apply a material specified as
material rather than of the object that the Stretch to Fit to the center portion of the
material is assigned to. When an object is frame. See “The Material Painter” on page
moved, the pattern or texture maintains its 1014.
absolute position and may not look right. It is
a good idea to assign pattern or texture For more information about creating and
origins only after the position of the object using custom materials, see “Materials
has been finalized. Tutorial” on page 491 of the User’s Guide.

If you have multiple objects using the
same material, they all share the same
origin. Duplicate materials can be created if
you want different origins specified for the
same texture or pattern.

Material Types

Every material is classified by Type in the Some but not all Types are associated with
Define Material dialog. See “General Panel” patterns that display in some Rendering
on page 1029. The Type defines how the Techniques. See “Patterns and Textures” on
material is calculated in the Materials List page 1012.
when it is applied to structural components Note that not every material Type is
like wall, floor and ceiling, or roof layers; calculated in the Materials List.
slabs; or to generic objects like Primitives.
Following are the available Material Types
and their characteristics:

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