Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 99

■ Hardware viewport rendering requires a DirectX9.0c-compliant video card. Also, hardware viewport rendering is supported only by the Direct3D display driver on page 7802. ■ These options do not apply to XRef materials on page 5765, including materials from XRef objects on page 6936 and XRef scenes on page 6959 ■ Displaying mapped materials in a viewport can slow performance. If you don't need to view the map, turn off its viewport display. ■ You can toggle Show Standard/Hardware Map In Viewport for all materials by choosing Views menu > Show Materials in Viewport As on page 173. ■ The state of this button is saved with the material in the library. When you apply a mapped material while Show Map In Viewport is active, the object's Generate Mapping Coords. check box is turned on. This means that you can drag mapped materials from the Material Library in the Browser over objects in your scene, and have the mapped material appear in the viewports. ■ In the Material/Map Browser on page 5290 and Material/Map Navigator on page 5357, icons of materials and maps for which Show Map in Viewport is on are red, as shown in the following example: Requirements For mapped materials to display in the viewport, the following conditions must be met: ■ Mapping coordinates on page 8034 must be applied to the object. This is already the case with most primitive objects, which by default have Generate Mapping Coords on at creation. If an object doesn't have mapping coordinates, you can turn this on, or apply a mapped material to the object 5354 | Chapter 19 Material Editor, Materials, and Maps