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Table of contents
No headersThe Autodesk Material Library 2011 provides the appearances for Inventor Fusion.
A graphics card that supports Autodesk Feature level 3_0 or higher is required to render realistic materials. Cards that support Feature level 2_0 (the minimum required to run Inventor Fusion) show low-quality materials that look different from the Realistic Materials. For more information, see the System Requirements.
Alloy steel is the default material for the appearance of objects in Inventor Fusion. You can override the appearance at the component, body, or face level. Changes in appearance of an object, such as from copper to aluminum, do not affect physical properties, such as mass.
Change the appearance of an object
- Select the object in the canvas or in the browser.
- On the ribbon, View tab, or context (right-click) menu, select Material.
With the Material command, you control physical material and appearance.
- To change the appearance of the selected objects, in Material, select Visual.
The Visual portion of the Material command provides a number of controls to change the appearance of the selected objects.
Adjusts the appearance of selected objects. Select an appearance type from the list. Overrides the appearance of the physical material, but does not change physical properties. To return to the default physical material appearance, click Reset. To select an appearance from the Autodesk Material Library, click Autodesk Library.
Provides access to saved appearance favorites. To save an appearance for reuse, click Add to favorites. Automatically stores recently used appearances.
Copies the appearance of an existing object. Click the Appearance Picker button, then select a face which has the desired appearance.
Scales any applied texture. To adjust the scale factor of the applied texture, click and drag the manipulator.
Adjusts the color of selected objects. The outer portion of the wheel adjusts the color. The inner portion of the wheel adjusts brightness and saturation. Adjustments override the appearance of the physical material, but do not change physical properties.
Rotates the applied texture. To adjust the angle of the applied texture, click and drag the manipulator.
You can customize appearance with the tools outlined previously, or you can select a standard Autodesk appearance. In the Appearance menu, click Autodesk Library. The Material Library dialog box displays all of the appearances by category.
Move your cursor over any color square to apply an appearance preview on your selected objects. To apply the appearance to your selection, click, double-click, or right-click any square. and select Assign to Selection.
To remove an appearance override of an object, select it in the canvas or in the browser, and right-click. On the context menu, click Remove Appearance Override.
Appearance Override priorities
Appearance overrides applied at a component level have the highest priority, and affect the appearance of their children. The second priority is faces, and the last priority is bodies. If a face has an appearance override, changing the appearance of the body does not remove the override. A change to the appearance of the component removes the override.