Assigning Materials
Materials describe the way objects interact with light. AutoCAD comes with an extensive library of real-world materials, including numerous types of concrete, metal, glass, brick, paint, leather, carpet, plastic, and so on. In the following steps, you will transfer materials from the Autodesk library to a sample model, and then assign them to objects layer by layer.
- Go to the book's web page at www.sybex.com/go/autocad2012essentials, browse to Chapter 18, get the file Ch18-A.dwg, and open it. This is a model of the author's house (see Figure 18.1).
Select the 3D Modeling workspace from the drop-down menu on the Quick Access ...
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