My Materials

[Anonymous]

Hi all
i'm a newbie to AC10 (but loving it after tearing my hair out with AC8) and i'm amazed the material library has not been expanded.
I have recently spent hours on Sketchup as its so quick and easy and the material editor is a dream, but i've been forced to come back to AC as i need the sense of realism that its rendering provides.

Two questions then:
1. Can i alter a 'standard' colour? ie. One wall is green but i need the other wall to be the same green but a shade lighter..

2. How do i apply a material to an object? i have a nice library of brick samples etc but i cant seem to find a way to import, apply, scale/rotate texture etc

Basic stuff i know but my company cant justify spending £500 per day for training (even though i would happily scrap Autocad and use AC for everything) so i'm self teaching

ta muchly

[Anonymous]

HYAGROUND wrote:
Btw does the hotel have a creche as my 1 year old would have to come too...
Anyway enough of my bitching,

Uh, have you considered that taking this class would be like, how shall I say - a *business* trip? An investment in your professional future?

Take the kid and wife or not, but sheesh, you're talking about a really small amount of money for what you will be getting that will pay off big time, starting the morning you return to work afterwards.

And if you take the wife, I somehow think she'll manage to take care of the kid while you're in class ;-> Virtually all hotels at least keep lists of local babysitters, too, even if they're too small to have childcare onsite.

Or if you don't want to go away for the weekend, then at least contact your local reseller and find out when their regular training classes are scheduled, and then take them.

Wendy

[Anonymous]

Dr wrote:

Go to; Options menu > Materials. Note where is says surface color, double click on the colored square. This will bring up a pallete that will allow you to change the color.

Copy an existing color or texture first so that when you save the changes, you don't overwrite the defaults and will still have them available if you want them.

Wendy

[Anonymous]

Wendy wrote:

HYAGROUND wrote:
Btw does the hotel have a creche as my 1 year old would have to come too...
Anyway enough of my bitching,

Uh, have you considered that taking this class would be like, how shall I say - a *business* trip? An investment in your professional future?

Take the kid and wife or not, but sheesh, you're talking about a really small amount of money for what you will be getting that will pay off big time, starting the morning you return to work afterwards.

And if you take the wife, I somehow think she'll manage to take care of the kid while you're in class ;-> Virtually all hotels at least keep lists of local babysitters, too, even if they're too small to have childcare onsite.

Or if you don't want to go away for the weekend, then at least contact your local reseller and find out when their regular training classes are scheduled, and then take them.

Wendy

So Wendy, are you coming? The flights aren't too pricey but the travel time is a bear. Maybe we should put together a local shindig some time.