Draw Material
Apply material to a small
part of a floor, wall, countertop or roof.
For example:
Also see Materials and
Textures.
Contents
Draw Material
Edit Material
Select Material
Resize Material
Delete Material
Move Material
Reflections
Duplicate Material
Paint and Materials
Reshape Material
Oval Material
Round Edge
Draw Material
To cover part of a wall, floor, roof or countertop (not
furniture).
Choose Build> Draw Material.
Click-and-drag to draw material.
Drop textures from Directory
onto the material.
Also see Materials and Textures.
Edit Material
The bitmap images you apply to a material
and other surfaces can be moved, scaled, rotated and hidden by right-clicking
the material to get the menu on right.
Also change reflectivity by right-clicking the material
and choosing "Properties."
Also see Materials and
Textures
Select Material
Single-click materials to select them - or right-click
it and choose Select Object
Resize Material
In 3D mode, select material and drag blue handles. Size
is shown as you drag.
Delete Material
Select the material and press the delete or backspace key.
Or right-click a material and choose Delete from the pop-up menu.
Move Material
Click-and-drag on the material to slide it over the surface
to a different position.
When you drag horizontally or vertically, the material
will be constrained to that direction. Drag at an angle to position it
freely or hold down the shift key to move the material and its handles
freely.
The material may not be moved off the slab it is on.
Reflections
Right-click material and choose "Properties"
to set reflectivity. Also see Build> Draw
Mirror.
If you don't see reflections, press the M key to turn them
on and off. A green dot next to the M on the menu bar indicates reflections
is on.
Duplicate Material
Duplicate a material by holding in the Q
key and dragging it.
Create evenly-spaced rows of materials by choosing "Duplicate"
from the Edit menu after you peel off a copy with Q key held down. Also
see Edit> Duplicate.
Paint and Materials
Drag any paint , colors or materials from the Directory
onto materials you draw. See Paint and Color
and Materials and Textures for
more information.
Reshape Material
Make materials round, triangular, diamond and other shapes.
Reshape materials by dragging the yellow handles. Add
additional yellow handles by Ctrl-clicking material edges with the mouse.
Delete yellow handles by Ctrl-clicking them.
Hold down the shift key to move handles freely without
snap to.
Oval Material
Right-click material or handles and choose "Make Covering
into Oval Shape" from the pop-up menu.
Note: Adjust a material's size while it's a rectangle before converting
to an oval. |