Materials

Click the cards below to access videos on an assortment of material-related topics, from the Material Editor to material types and settings.

Material Editor

Material Editor Overview

Learn about the Material Overview and how to create material libraries in VRED.

Assign Materials 1

Learn how to assign materials to geometries.

Assign Materials 2

Learn additional methods for assigning materials to geometries.

Material Types

Overview of Material Types

Get an overview of material types in VRED.

Unicolor Car Paint Material

Learn about the unicolor car paint material in VRED.

Metallic Car Paint Material

Learn about the metallic car paint material in VRED.

Flipflop Car Paint Material

Learn about the flipflop car paint material in VRED.

Glass Material

Learn about glass materials in VRED.

Plastic Material

Learn about plastic materials in VRED.

Reflective Plastic Material

Learn about reflective plastic materials in VRED.

(DEPRECATED) Triplanar Material

Learn about triplanar materials in VRED.

(DEPRECATED) Reflective Triplanar Material

Learn about reflective triplanar materials in VRED.

Chrome Material

Learn about chrome materials in VRED.

Basics of Brushed Metal Material

Learn about brushed metal materials in VRED.

Triplanar Brushed Metal Material

Learn about brushed metal materials in VRED.

Radial Brushed Metal Material

Learn about brushed metal (radial) materials in VRED.

Shadow Material

Learn about shadow materials in VRED.

Multi Pass Material

Learn about Multi Pass materials in VRED.

Switch Material

Learn about switch materials in VRED.

Tire Material

Learn about tire materials in VRED.

Velvet

Learn about velvet materials in VRED.

Woven Cloth Material

Learn about woven cloth materials in VRED.

Measured

Learn about measured materials in VRED.

Material Type Settings

Material Library

Learn about the Material Library in VRED.

Color Texture Settings

Learn about color texture settings in VRED.

Texture Projection Settings

Learn about texture projection settings in VRED.

Glossy Texture Settings

Learn about glossy texture settings in VRED.

Bump Structure Settings

Learn about bump structure settings in VRED.

Bump Texture Settings

Learn about bump texture settings in VRED.

Incandescence Settings

Learn about incandescence settings in VRED.

Transparency Settings

Learn about transparency settings to control an object's trsansparency in VRED.

Displacement Settings

Learn about displacement settings in VRED.

Roughness Settings

Learn about roughness settings in VRED.

Subsurface Scattering Settings

Learn about subsurface scattering settings in VRED.

For additional instructional content on working with AXF, substances, shadow planes, decals, incandescent materials, assets, and more, see the Workflows Materials section.

For reference information on the VRED materials and material tools, see the Reference Materials section.