Procedural Maps

Procedural Maps

Procedural Maps

 

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Procedural Maps

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Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To add a procedural map to a material

1. Click Render tab 3D Palettes Materials.
2. In the Materials window, Available Materials in Drawing panel, click the Create a New Material button.
3. Select the Realistic material type.
4. Select Diffuse map, and select a procedural map as the map type (Checker, Gradient Ramp, Marble, Noise, Speckle, Tile, Waves or Wood).
5. For additional map property settings, click the Click for <map type> Settings button.
6. Make changes to theTexture Map Property Settingsmap property settings.
7. To return to the top-level map, at the top of the properties settings window, click Up One Level to Parent Map.
8. To display a larger view of the material swatch, click Preview Map Channel Procedural Results.
9. In the Nested Map Navigation panel, click the drop-down arrow.

   The procedural map is displayed. Example: Diffuse : Checker

After making changes to the material you can apply materials to objects and faces.

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