Shader Types

Color Shaders

 

Shader	Description
Object Attribute	Applies the object’s fill color attribute
Filtered Image	Selects an imported image to be tinted with color and applied as a texture
Image Color	Selects an imported image to apply as a color texture
Blue Marble	Provides a blue marble appearance with the specified size and level of detail
Chrome Color	Creates simple chrome-like reflections, with the selected color and color ratio
Clouds	Provides a cloudy appearance, with the specified cloud and background color, as well as size and level of detail
Cubes	Creates a 3D lattice of cubes with alternating colors
Granite	Provides a granite-like pattern with mineral grains of various sizes and Granite Types: Sierra: small grain size variation with universal mineral distribution Bianco: higher grain size variation with universal mineral distribution Diamond: combination of large, coarse grains and lesser amounts of fine-grained minerals Azalea: fine-grained granite with lesser amounts of large-grained minerals Auburn: very large grains with lesser amounts of uniformly distributed small grains
Marble	Creates a veined marble appearance of the specified color, size, and level of detail
Paving	Creates the appearance of paved slabs with mortar joints (for a rough tile or stone paving texture)
Plain Color	Specifies a plain, uniform color
Simple Wood	Creates a simple wood pattern with concentric rings of light and dark wood
Solid Polka	Creates a 3D lattice of spheres to form a polka-dot pattern
Turbulent	Mixes black with a specified color to create a random pattern
Checker Color	Provides a checker-board pattern of alternately-colored squares
Diagonal	Creates a diagonal stripe pattern of specific colors and sizes
Grid Color	Creates a grid pattern of the specified colors
Horizontal Stripe	Creates a horizontal stripe pattern of specific colors and sizes
Polka	Specifies a grid of circles to form a polka-dot pattern
Vertical Stripe	Creates a vertical stripe pattern of specific colors and sizes
Birch, Cherry, Maple, Oak, Pine, and Wood	Provides a realistic wood appearance with pre-set parameters specific to the wood type
Birch Floor, Cherry Floor, Maple Floor, Oak Floor, Pine Floor, Wood Floor	Creates wooden flooring with a variety of patterns and parameters specific to the wood type and Replication Type: Floorboards: simple floorboards Parquet: floorboards arranged in a geometric pattern (parquetry) Herringbone: floorboards arranged in a herringbone pattern Ladder: floorboards arranged in a ladder pattern
Brick	Creates a simple brick pattern, with bricks of a specified, uniform color
Brick Bonds	Creates bricks with a specified bonding pattern and appearance according to Bond Types: Stretcher: standard alternating pattern Common: bricks in every fifth row are stacked crosswise against the other Flemish: alternating rows of normal and crosswise bricks English: bricks in every second row are stacked crosswise against the other Stack: bricks are stacked directly on top of each other Rowlock: alternating rows of normal and crosswise bricks, with the larger side of crosswise bricks visible
Roof Tiles	Creates a tiled pattern of specific shapes, sizes, and colors, simulating roof tiles as seen from the ground
Textured Brick	Creates a realistic textured brick pattern with very specific parameters
Draft Angle Evaluation	Evaluates surfaces for mold design by coloring problem areas
Geometric Curvature	Applies colors to denote curvature coefficients
Surface Evaluation	Shows surface curvature by placing the object in a striped cylinder