Material: CivilViewRails

Defines the material used by rail objects.

If this material is loaded into the 3ds Max Design Material Editor from the Civil View Explorer, typically it appears in Slot 6.

Channel or Face ID Material Type

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Rail Object Bitmaps

These material channels are defined automatically by the contents of the /matlibs/railmaps folder in the current Civil View Country Resource Kit.

When this material definition is created for first time in any visualization scene, the image files situated in this folder are listed in alphabetical order with each of these images, resulting in a separate material channel being added to this material definition.

For this reason, it is good practice to include a numerical prefix within each image name to clearly indicate which material channel will receive the image. For example:

01-RailTexture.bmp

02-GuardRailPost.gif

03-RailSleeper.jpg

04-ConcretePost.jpg

This list of images would result in a material consisting of four channels, and it is very easy to identify which material channel will feature which image file.