About Advanced Materials

The advanced materials have shaders that allow you to improve the realism of computed images. The advanced shaders appear in the Appearance Domain dialog box.

If advanced materials have been applied to your object in previous releases, you can display them but you cannot create or edit advanced materials.

Each advanced material has a corresponding physical material. Below is the satinated metal advanced material and its corresponding physical material:

Satinated Metal+ Satinated Metal




The following materials are available:

MaterialAspect to MaterialsExample
Brushed MetalGlossy and anisotropic aspect

Car PaintVarnished and flaked aspect-
Clear GlassClear glass aspect-
Colored GlassColored glass aspect

DiamondDiamond glass aspect-
Frosted GlassFrosted glass aspect
Note: It has glossy refraction.


Matt PlasticMatt plastic aspect-
Metallic PaintMetallic paint aspect-
Polished MetalPolished aspect
Note: The reflection depends on the viewing angle.
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Satinated Metal Satiny aspect
Note: The reflectivity depends on the viewing angle and on the surrounding environment.


Soft PlasticSoft plastic aspect-
Translucent Translucent aspect-

Two generic purpose materials are available:

TypeDescription
Basic MaterialModulates the lighting and texture of the material in a simple way.
Complex MaterialModulates the lighting and texture of the material in a more complex way.