To Assign Render Materials

Use this procedure to assign materials for rendering object surfaces.

In shaded view and rendered views, objects may display rendering materials instead of the hatch patterns that are displayed in 2D wireframe and hidden line views. The following types of rendering materials are available:

Render Material Type	Description
Surface Rendering Material	Any object face that has surface hatching applied displays the hatching in the AutoCAD renderer
Live Section Rendering Material	All faces cut by a live section line display the live section rendering material when rendered with the AutoCAD renderer
Live Section Sectioned Boundary Rendering Material	All objects and object parts outside the live section line display the sectioned boundary material when rendered with the AutoCAD® renderer

You can assign rendering materials to two different types of component:

• Object surfaces: All object surfaces that have a surface hatch applied to them can also have a rendering material assigned. If you want to assign a rendering material to an object surface, make sure that the Surface Hatch component in the material definition is turned on.
• Live section views: The Sectioned Body component of a live section view as well as the live section cut plane can have special rendering materials assigned. If you want to assign rendering materials to a live section view, make sure that the Sectioned Body component in the material definition is turned on.

Rendered live section view with transparent outside component

1. Click Manage tabStyle & Display panelStyle Manager.

   The Style Manager is displayed with the current drawing expanded in the tree view.

2. Expand Multi-Purpose Objects, and expand Material Definitions.
3. Select the material definition you want to change.
4. Click the Display Properties tab.
5. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and verify that Style Override is checked.

   The display representation in bold is the current display representation.

6. If necessary, click .
7. Click the Other tab.
8. Select rendering materials for the individual material components:

   If you want to…	Then…
   assign a rendering material to object surfaces	select a material for Render Material. Then select a mapping type for Mapping: If you select Same as Surface Hatch, only those surfaces selected under Surface Hatch Placement are rendered. If you select Face Mapping, all surfaces are rendered and any hatch alignment overrides are ignored.
   assign a rendering material to the cut plane of a live section view	select a material for Cut Surface Render Material.
   assign a rendering material to the body component outside the live section line	select a material for Sectioned Body Render Material.

   If you don’t find the correct rendering material or if you want to see a preview of the material, click the Browse button and browse for the desired material.

9. Select a new rendering material, if necessary.
10. Click OK.