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Define Material Dialog

file. This dialog is a typical Open dialog, changes are made to the material definition.
and opens to the Patterns folder in the Various options allow you to view different
program’s Data folder. aspects of the material’s attributes:
• Select a Pattern from the drop-down list. • Display the material in Standard render-
The items available depend on the .pat ing, Vector View, or in a ray trace view.
file selected above. • Zoom and orbit the object in the view.
• Specify the pattern’s Scale. If the pattern • Toggle Color on or off.
appears black in the square preview pane,
this value should be increased. •Click the Restore Original View b u t -
ton to reset the material preview to its
5 A preview of the material’s pattern original perspective.
displays in the square pane. It updates
as you change the material definition. • Select an object shape: Cube, Sphere,
Teapot, or Plane.
6 A preview of the material applied to an
object displays here and updates as

Texture Panel
In most Rendering Techniques as well as in Transparency information may be contained
ray trace views, materials are represented by on the alpha channel of a texture; if so, it is
textures and other material maps. See used in rendered and ray trace views.
“Material Maps” on page 1012 and
“Rendering Techniques” on page 1106.

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