Material basics for Rhino 6 (11 min)

This video is produced by Vanessa Stegg, a co-worker of Rhino Robert McNeel & Associates and member of Rhino Tutorials.

Viewport “Render” mode
The Render Mode is very well suited for fast visualizations in the design process.

Rendering in “Raytraced” mode
For raytraced render mode: you need a fast graphic card (GPU), ideally Nvidia graphic card with a lot of CUDA.
If you have performance issues try a smaller viewport resolution/size.
Render image-files by “Viewport/capture/capture to file”.
For more issues with raytrace render: link

Close/open videochapter

Change viewport to “Rendered” to visualize materials, lightings… Set “reset to default” for older rhino-files.

0:0 min

Apply materials by layer: with “material” editor and change settings:

“import materials from material library”
“custom materials”
material presets

1:08 min

“import materials from material library”: change settings and apply

2:30 min

“Preset materials”: simplified interface with specific settings for material type (f.e. “color: aluinium, copper…” for metal.

3:17 min

Apply materials by objects:under “properties/material/use a new material”

4:19 min

Drag and drop different material options to objects and layers: Add “material library” to panels. Explore “architectural materials”.

5:45 min

Change “Groundplane” texture: open panel and “use a material”.

7:10 min

Add glass material: “”render mode” is not final raytraced image.

7:59 min

“Custom materials”: all material properties in one interface. F.e. with self illumination.

8:45 min

Use “raytraced mode” for high quality rendering. Use pass icon button left of viewport to finish rendering.

9:21 min

Material basics for Rhino 6 (11 min)

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