Promob - Materials

Materials cannot be confused with color or textures. Each material has its own set of attributes that give it its appearance. For example: the glass material has properties such as reflection and transparency. The wood material, on the other hand, has roughness, and therefore, each material has its own characteristics. These are the characteristics that give the final image the real aspect of the design.

To understand how the materials work, it is initially necessary to explain that, each real object has a predominant color, a texture, a reflection level, a specific roughness, each object has its own characteristics, such as glass, wood, stone.

To generate images close to reality, Promob simulates these characteristics through the so-called material, which are textures or colors that have characteristics specific to the material to which it represents.

This article contains the following sections:

Apply material
Material properties
Copy material
Change hue
Favorite materials

How to apply material to the item

Floor

Wall

1. Access the Materials window, on the bottom bar of Promob;

2. Select the material to be applied and drag it over the wall;

3. Release the mouse, and define the location where the material is to be applied:

Strips

 

Regions

The properties of the materials applied to the design can significantly affect the result of the rendered image, as these properties determine how light should interact with the surfaces of the objects inserted in the design. Thus, for each object inserted in the design (floor, ceiling, geometry, walls, modules), it will be possible to configure its properties and improve the final rendering result.

To edit material properties using the Properties Panel:

1. Select the item where the material was applied. Access the Tools - Properties and click on the Materials tab and the Advanced button;

 

The properties that can be configured are:

• Components

1. Component: select the component for which you want to configure the material properties;

• Color

1. Base Color: define the color of the texture;

2. Border Color: defines the border color of the applied texture;

3. Border Width: defines the thickness of the edge of the applied texture;

4. Complementary Colours: changes the colour of the material applied to the piece;

5. Texture: displays the directory where the texture is saved;

 

• Mapping

1. Mapping: defines how the texture is applied to the item. The insertion of the texture in the item obeys the form of mapping:

• Cube: distributes the texture on the plane of the item according to its real scale;
• Spherical X: distributes the texture on the X plane of the item in a spherical shape;
• Spherical Y: distributes the texture on the Y plane of the item in spherical form;
• Spherical Z: distributes the texture in the Z plane of the item in spherical form;
• Plane: distributes the texture according to the number of scales it should have;
• UV Mapping: standard texture mapping on an object. The texture will be applied to all axes of the object. 

2. Mirror: mirrors the texture applied to the item;

3. Mirror X: reflects the texture applied to the item on the X axis;

4. Mirror Y: reflects the texture applied to the item on the Y axis;

5. Rotation: defines the rotation in degrees of the texture in the item;

Tip: Watch the video on rotating materials here.

6. Scale in X: defines the scale of the texture on the X axis;

7. Scale in Y: defines the scale of the texture on the Y axis;

 

• Texture in Frames

1. Apply Texture to Frames: select the option Yes. IMPORTANT: if this property is set to No and the other settings are made, they will not be applied to the frame;

2. Texture width: inform the width of the texture that was applied to the frame;

3. Texture Height: inform the height of the texture that was applied to the painting;

4. Position of Frame in X: inform the position of the selected frame in the x axis of the texture;

5. Position of Frame in Y: inform the position of the selected frame on the y axis of the texture;

 

• Effects (RealScene)

1. Crand: defines relief for the material applied to the item. IMPORTANT: this property is only noticeable in the render.

2. Maximum Reflection: controls the intensity of the reflection of the objects inserted in the design. IMPORTANT: this property is only noticeable in the render;

3. Metallic: defines a metallic effect for the material. The item's brightness is modified by the color of its surface and not just by the color of the light source. IMPORTANT: this property is only noticeable in the render;

4. Minimum Reflection: controls the intensity of the reflection of the lights inserted in the design. IMPORTANT: this property is only noticeable in the render;

5. Roughness: defines the size of the area formed by the bright spots, generated by the Specularity property. Therefore, these properties must be combined with each other to create the effect. IMPORTANT: this property is only noticeable in the render.

6. Specular: regulates the intensity of the glare generated by the light in the material. This effect "generates" small bright spots when light reflects on the material's surface. The size of the area formed by the points is defined by the Roughness effect. Therefore, these properties must be combined with each other to create the effect. IMPORTANT: this property is only noticeable in the render;

7. Transparency: applies the transparency effect of the material applied to the object. The effect of this property can be seen both in the design and in the rendered image;

 

 

Copy Material

To copy material from one object (geometry, floor, wall, modulation items) to another:
IMPORTANT: the Copy Material tool is not available for Promob Lite and Promob Base.
1. Click the Copy Material button on the top toolbar;

2. Notice that the mouse cursor changes. Click on the item that has the material you want to copy;

 

3. In the message that appears, select the option you want to copy:

Model: copies the model applied to the module. Click on the design modules to paste the copied model. The copied model can only be pasted on items of the same type. For example: when copying the model from the module box, it will only be pasted on the boxes of the other modules of the design;
Material: copies the material applied to the module. Click on the design items to paste the copied material. The copied material can be applied to any design item, except modulation items, for systems other than Plus and Arch;

4. Click on the item where the copied material should be applied;

 

5. To disable the Copy Material tool, click the Select/Move button or press the M key on the keyboard.

To change the tone of a material:

1. After applying the material to an item in the room, click the Change Material Tone button on the top toolbar;

2. Notice that the mouse cursor changes. Click on the item where the material was applied;

3. The Color window is displayed. Select the shade of the color to be applied and click OK;

4. The tone is applied to the design item;

5. To disable the Change Material Tone tool, click the Select/Move button or press the M key on the keyboard;

6. To undo the change in the shade of the material, click the Undo button located on the top toolbar.

 

Saving material as a favorite

Save as a favorite

 

Export favorite materials

To export your favorite materials:

1. Click on the File - Export - Favorite Materials menu;

2. Set the directory and file name and click Save;

3. In the message that appears, click OK.

 

Online Materials

IMPORTANT: Available from version Promob 5.60.16.2 or higher.

Standard materials are now online, so they will be available in Materials in the Decore tab.