Common
Set Material

Set Material

CommandSet Material
ShortcutM
ButtonIn Command Palette
Available in
IndieStudio

Description

Assign material to selected Solids and Sheets. Group material influences contained objects. Curves are affected by color and opacity. Image depth and opacity can be adjusted through material.

Set a Material for Objects

  1. Select the Solids, Sheets, Curves you want to set the mmaterial for.
  2. Press M.
  3. Set the options in the commnad dialog.
    • Command Dialog
      • Color: Specify the base color of the material.
      • Roughness: Specify the roughness of the material's surface. A value of 0 means the surface is perfectly smooth, while a value of 1 means the surface is very rough.
      • Metalness: Controls how metallic the material appears. A value of 0 means the material is non-metallic, while a value of 1 means the material is fully metallic.
      • IOR: Specify the Index of Refraction, which controls how light bends as it passes through the material. A value of 1.0 represents air, while higher values represent denser materials like glass (1.5) or diamond (2.4).
      • Opacity: Specify the degree to which the material is transparent or opaque.
    • Advanced Menu
      • Clearcoat: Adds an extra layer of specular reflection on top of the base material. Useful for materials like car paint.
      • Clearcoat roughness: Specify the roughness of the clearcoat layer.
      • Sheen color: Specify the color of the sheen layer.
      • Sheen: Adds a soft velvet-like reflection near the Edges of the material, simulating materials such as cloth.
      • Sheen roughness: Specify the roughness of the sheen layer.
      • Specular color: Specify the color of the specular reflection.
      • Specular intensity: Controls the intensity of the specular reflection.
      • Iridescence: Controls the strength of an iridescent effect, simulating thin-film interference as seen on soap bubbles or oil slicks.
      • Iridescence IOR: Specify the Index of Refraction of the iridescent thin-film layer.
      • Thickness: Specify the thickness of the material.
      • Transmission: Controls the degree to which the material allows light to pass through it.
      • Density: Specify the material density using the units defined in the Units menu. The calculated mass will be displayed per object in the bottom right Selection Menu.
  4. Confirm with OK in the Command Dialog or right-click.

Note: Transparent materials are now displayed with 50% transparency, even when using default and custom matcaps in non-render mode.

Set a Material for Groups

When you set a material for a group, the material is set for all objects in the group.

  1. Select the group you want to set the material for in the Outliner.
  2. Press M.
  3. Set the options in the command dialog.
    • The options are the same as when setting a material for objects.
  4. Confirm with OK in the Command Dialog or right-click.

Set a Material for Reference Images

See "How to Import Reference Images".

See also

PlaceFork Material