Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 452

Different types of materials create different effects, behave in particular ways, or are provided as ways to combine multiple materials. NOTE The sub-material buttons and sub-map buttons for most materials and maps have check boxes beside each button. These let you turn that branch of the material or map on or off. For example, in the Top/Bottom material, the Top Material and Bottom Material buttons each have check boxes. Similarly, the Checker map has two map buttons, one for each color. Each button has a check box beside it that lets you disable that color's map. These are the different types of compound materials: Blend on page 5708: Combines two materials by mixing their pixel colors, as Mix maps do. Composite on page 5711: Mixes up to 10 materials, using additive colors, subtractive colors, or opacity mixing. Double-Sided on page 5713: Stores two materials. One material is rendered on the object's outer faces (the usual side for one-sided materials, as determined by face normals), and the other is rendered on the object's inner faces. Morpher Material on page 5716: Morpher materials use the Morpher modifier on page 1545 to manage multiple materials over time. Multi/Sub-Object on page 5720: Lets you assign more than one material to the same object. Stores two or more sub-materials, which you assign at the sub-object level by using the Mesh Select on page 1527 modifier. You can also assign the sub-materials to whole objects by using the Material modifier on page 1517. Shellac on page 5727: Superimposes one material on another. Top/Bottom on page 5729: Stores two materials. One material is rendered on an object's top faces and the other is rendered on the object's bottom faces, depending on whether a face normal points up or down. Procedures To have the Browser list only materials: ■ At the top of the Show group, leave Materials on and turn off Maps. NOTE This option is available only at the material level in the Material Editor. Compound Materials | 5707