Basic Surface material

A multiplier for the ambient contribution to the material. The ambient lighting model only looks at the ambient lights in the scene. If there are no ambient light, this slider will have no affect.

A multiplier for the diffuse contribution to the material.

If this box is not checked, the Base Color is ignored. Defaults to on. If Use Base Color, Use Point Color and Use Color Map are all off, the surface color will be white.

This is the main surface color for the material. Defaults to white.

If this box is checked and the point color, (Cd), is defined, then Cd is multiplied with the Base Color. Defaults to on. If Use Base Color, Use Point Color and Use Color Map are all off, the surface color will be white.

The opacity color for this material.

If this box is checked the Base Color is multiplied by the specified texture map. Defaults to off. If Use Base Color, Use Point Color and Use Color Map are all off, the surface color will be white.

This the name of the texture file. The icon to the right opens a file browser.

Determines what the texture looks like when the texture coordinates are larger or less than 0 to 1. The options are:

• Repeat means the texture will repeat (tile).

• Streak means the texture color at the edges is clamped and streaks outside the map.

• Decal sets the color outside the texture map to the Border Color.

See texture for more information.

Type of anti-aliasing filter used. See texture for more information.

Filter Width is the number of pixels, in both u and v directions, to use in filtering. See texture for more information.

The color used outside the map if Decal Wrap is selected. See texture for more information.

A multiplier for the specular contribution to the material.

The specular highlight color, defaults to white.

This value controls the size or spread of the specular highlight. When Anisotropic is selected, this value controls the specular highlight only in the U direction

When Anisotropic is selected, this value controls the specular highlight only in the V direction It is ignored with any other specular function.

This value controls the sharpness of the edge of the specular highlight. It is used only if Glossy specular is selected

A selector for the specular function. Anisotropic is used to get an elliptical highlight. Glossy is typically used for highly reflective materials to get a sharp edges highlight. See specular for more information.