Material Window
Material Parameters

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Activation Methods

Menu Window > Materials
or
From Rendering Options
or
From Mesh Options

Usage

Use Materials to texture the Objects
to be rendered

To add a Material click

To edit a Material double click Material in list

To Assign a Material to Element
Select the Element(s) then
click Assign Material

Render colored objects by using
Materials with no Texture

Notes

Materials are defined on a per File basis.
Elements are created in a new File,
therefore its recommended to setup
Materials before creating Elements

Materials can be saved to and
loaded from a different File.
Use this functionality to create Material libraries.

Name
Material name

U
Tile U

V
Tile V

Texture
Texture Map Image File
Can be JPG,BMP,GIF

Assign Material
Assign selected Material to
selected Element(s)

Preview Texture Map

Add new Material

Load Materials from File

Save Materials to File

Delete selected Materials

Clear Materials

Rendering Output

Rendering Output

Rendering Output

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Activation Method

From Material Window when adding or editing Materials

Usage

Use the Material Parameters to set color, name, texture and tiling.

Tile U
Texture Map tiling in Object
X coordinates

Tile V
Texture Map tiling in Object
Y coordinates

Texture Filename
Texture Map Image File
Can be JPG,BMP,GIF

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Browse for Texture Filename

Preview Texture

Material: Proof
Tiling: (TileU=0,5 - TileV=0,5) (TileU=1 - TileV=1) (TileU=2 - TileV=2)

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