Appearance Editor dialog box

Accessible only from within the Appearance Browser.

Access

In the Appearance Browser, select an appearance and click , or double-click an appearance.

Preview

Use the resize control to enlarge or shrink the preview.

Name

Name of Appearance

Properties pane

Displays the property list, based on the appearance type. The appearance types include: Ceramic, Concrete, Generic, Glazing, Masonry, Metal, Metallic Paint, Mirror, Plastic, Solid Glass, Stone, Wall Paint, Water, and Wood.

Example: the following list is for the Generic Appearance. You can adjust properties.

• Generic
• Reflectivity
• Transparency
• Cutouts
• Self Illumination
• Bump
• Tint

You can adjust properties.

Note: Although the Realistic visual style uses all appearance properties for display, Shaded visual styles do not. A display with Shaded visual styles does not always show your edits to appearance properties. To see your edits, switch to Realistic visual style, and disable ray tracing.

Property behaviors

The following are the property behaviors in Shaded visual styles for a given appearance type.

Supported

Limited Support

Not Supported

Information

Type: Ceramic

Dialog box section	Property	Supported in Shaded visual style	Comments
Ceramic	Type		Affects Generic: Glossiness & Reflectivity
	Image		Diffuse Color or Texture image
	Finish		Affects Shininess
Finish Bumps	Type
	Amount
Relief Pattern	Image		Bump map
	Amount		Bump map amount
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.

Type: Concrete

Dialog box section	Property	Supported in Shaded visual style	Comments
Concrete	Image		Diffuse color or Texture Image
	Sealant		Affects Shininess generates a Noise procedural image which is not seen in Shaded visual styles.
Finish Bumps	Type		Affects Generic: Bump map image
	Image		Bump map
	Amount		Bump map amount
Weathering	Type
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.

Type: Generic

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Generic	Color		Diffuse and Ambient Color
	Image		Texture image
	Image Fade		Texture opacity
	Glossiness		Shininess; no image support
	Highlights		Specular; if Metallic = Diffuse
Reflectivity	Direct		Shininess; no image support
	Oblique
Transparency	Amount		Opacity if no image assigned
	Image
	Image Fade		Opacity if image assigned
	Translucency
	Refraction		Refraction
Cutouts	Image		Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.
Self Illumination	Filter Color		Emissive Color
	Luminance
	Color Temperature
Bump	Image		Bump map
	Amount		Bump map amount
Tint	Tint Color		Diffuse Color

Type: Glazing

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Glazing	Color		Diffuse Color
	Custom Color/Image		Diffuse Color or Texture image
	Reflectance		Diffuse Color
	Sheets of Glass
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.

Type: Glazing

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Masonry	Type		No visual style effect.
	Color / Image		Diffuse color / Texture Image
	Finish		Affects Generic: Reflectivity
Relief Pattern	Image		Bump map
	Amount		Bump map amount
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.

Type: Metal

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Metal	Type		Diffuse color
	Patina		Uses Procedural Noise.
	Finish		Diffuse Color ; maps to Generic: Glossiness & Reflectivity
Relief Pattern	Type		custom images only
	Image		Bump map
	Amount		Bump map amount
Cutouts	Type		None
	Image		None
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.

Type: Metallic Paint

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Metallic Paint	Color		Diffuse color
	Highlight Spread		Affects Diffuse color
Flecks	Color		No visual style effect
	Size		No visual style effect
Pearl	Type
	Amount
Top Coat	Type		Affects Shininess
	Finish		Procedural noise is used for Orange Peel. Noise is not supported in Shaded visual style.
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.

Type: Mirror

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Mirror	Tint Color		Diffuse color
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color

Type: Plastic

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Plastic	Type		Affects Opacity
	Color		Diffuse color / Texture image
	Finish		Affects Shininess
Finish Bumps	Image		Bump map
	Amount		Bump map amount
Relief Pattern	Image		Bump map
	Amount		Bump map amount
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.

Type: Solid Glass

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Solid Glass	Color		Diffuse Color
	Custom color		Diffuse color / Texture image
	Reflectance		Affects Shininess
	Refraction
	Roughness		Affects Shininess
Relief Pattern	Type		Noise is not supported
	Amount		Noise is not supported
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.

Type: Stone

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Stone	Image		Diffuse color / Texture image
	Finish		Affects Shininess
Finish Bumps	Type		Bump map; only custom maps supported
	Amount		Bump map amount
Relief Pattern	Image		Bump map
	Amount		Bump map amount
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.

Type: Wall Paint

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Wall Paint	Color		Diffuse color
	Finish		Affects Shininess
	Application		Affects Shininess and/or Bump map
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color

Type: Water

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Water	Type		Diffuse color
	Color		Affects Shininess
	Wave Height		Noise not supported in Shaded visual style
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color

Type: Wood

Dialog box section	Property	Displays in Shaded visual style	Comments
Wood	Image		Texture image
	Stain
	Stain Color		Diffuse Color
	Finish		Affects Shininess
	Used For		No visual style effect
Relief Pattern	Type		Bump map
	Amount		Bump map amount
Tint	Tint Color		Combined with Diffuse Color
Procedural maps			Only where a corresponding map can be identified. No custom maps.