Rendering 3D Drawings - Mastering AutoCAD for Mac - page 591

All of the objects in the view are rendered using the default Global material.
Now try adding a material to the sphere:
1. Take a look at the Material Browser in Figure 21.4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left
of the Autodesk Library option. This opens a list of material categories.
FIGURE 21.4
The Material
Browser with
the expanded
Autodesk
Library option
2. Scroll down the categories list and select Metal. A set of materials is displayed in the
panel to the right of the list.
3. In the list on the right, click Brass - Polished. Brass - Polished appears at the top of the
Material Browser.
4. Click the sphere in the drawing and then click the Brass - Polished icon. You'll notice that
the sphere changes color to indicate its new material.
5. Click the Render tool again to see the result.
You now see that the sphere appears to be made of polished brass in the rendered view. In
this exercise, you applied a material by clicking and dragging it to an object.
Now add a few more materials using a slightly different method:
1. Click the cylinder to the far left of the drawing area to select it.
2. In the Material Browser, scroll down the list of materials on the right-side panel to locate
Chrome - Polished.
3. Click Chrome - Polished to apply it to the cylinder.
4. Next, click the foreground of the 3D model to select the rectangle that defi nes the
“ground,” as shown in Figure 21.5.