assign materials to color

[pierluigi]

Hi I am Italian and I want to know how to assign materials to the colors Please answer, preferably in Italian

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

Materials can no longer be assigned to colors.  They can be assigned to layers, objects, and ACA components. More information is here.

[pierluigi]

I have Arten a4d and this program does not create 3d layers divided how can I do?

[pierluigi]

for windows for example creates a single layer 3d

[Chas / Aug Posekany]

Drag material from the materials dialog onto the objects themselves. Should be prompted for assign by layer or object. You may be forced to work by object.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

I'm not really familiar with this product-- I believe they may have incorporated past versions of AccuRender.

 

nXt materials are just AutoCAD materials with some additional data.  If arten a4d allows you to assign AutoCAD materials to components then you should be able to do it the same way.

[pierluigi]

Drag material from the materials dialog onto the objects themselves. Should be prompted for assign by layer or object. You may be forced to work by object.

 

doing it this way to the window, for example having a single layer is assigned a unique material without distinction between glass and wood, etc..

[pierluigi]

nXt materials are just AutoCAD materials with some additional data.  If arten a4d allows you to assign AutoCAD materials to components then you should be able to do it the same way.

 

Arten a4d is just a program for creation of 3D but not render, you have to use the AccuRender the Arten a4d creates 3d autocad blocks, the old AccuRender assigned directly to the colors of the materials such as wood blocks assigned the color brown etc. .. how can I fix it?

[Aleksander Nowacki]

What about creating layers in AutoCAD drawing and moving coloured objects onto them (it should be quite easy with qselect command)? I think it's better than work with materials assigned to the objects.

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

It may not be easy to use this program with nXt (or AutoCAD render either.)  Send a small example illustrating the problem and I'll take a look at it-- for example a wall and window.  Use the upload link or attach a file.

[Enrico Gheno]

ciao io uso arten

[Enrico Gheno]

ho visto che con nxt bisogna assegnare i materiali per layer e non + per ACI come in accurender 4, peccato perchè era + veloce

[pierluigi]

è vero solo che ad esempio in arten  le finestre hanno un layer 3d unico quindi è impossibile assegnare materiali diversi per i montanti in legno ed i vetri