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Define Material Dialog

level of brightness from the drop-down for Polished materials and Brushed Pre-
list and customize it using the spin control defined Metal materials.
arrows or text field. Only available for • Index of Refraction controls how much
General materials, this option is not avail- light bends when it passes through the
able when Metallic is checked. material. A value of 1 is the lowest possi-
• Reflection controls how reflective a ble value and produces no light bending.
material appears in ray trace views only. Only available for Transparent materials.
See “Ray Trace Views” on page 1121. For A Roughness Map defines areas of
Mirror and Shiny Metal materials, click 3 varying roughness and glossiness. Not
the Color button to select a color for light available for Mirror or Transparent materials.
reflecting off the material. For most mate- See “Material Maps” on page 1012.
rial classes, reflectivity is best seen at
glancing angles to the surface. For reflec- • The full path name of the selected rough-
tivity from all angles, use a Mirror mate- ness map image File displays here. To
rial. Not available for General, Plastic, remove the file, click the Remove b u t -
Predefined Metal, Polished, or Matte ton.
materials. • Click the Browse button to browse to a
• Translucency controls the degree to file saved on your computer. Roughness
which light coming directly from a light maps saved in .zip files can also be used.
fixture shines through the material. Only See “To use an image saved in a .zip file”
available for Translucent materials, this on page 1036.
setting only affect ray traced views.
4 A Metal Map defines areas within a
• Select a Metal from the drop-down list. texture that are metallic. Only available
Only available for Predefined Metal for General materials.
materials.
• The full path name of the selected metal
• Brushed Metal creates a brushed appear- map image File displays here. To remove
ance for Predefined Metal materials. the file, click the Remove button.
Polished and Brushed Predefined Metals can • Click the Browse button to browse to a
have different amounts of roughness running file saved on your computer. Metal maps
in different directions on a given surface. saved in .zip files can also be used. See
These surfaces look different depending on “To use an image saved in a .zip file” on
the viewing angle. page 1036.
• U Roughness produces reflective high- A preview of the material applied to an
lights oriented horizontally. Only avail- 5 object displays here and updates as
able for Polished materials and Brushed changes are made to the material definition.
Predefined Metal materials. Various options allow you to view different
• V Roughness produces reflective high- aspects of the material’s attributes:
lights oriented vertically. Only available

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