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Material Preview Background Grid - a usable material?

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:04 pm
by chris255
Hello all,

I'm fully prepared to be lambasted if this turns out to be a stupid question, but I don't think it is:

I'm trying to get my hands on the material used in all of indigo's material previews. You know the one: white with a grey lines demarcating 10 cm grids. Is this material available for download?

I would love to be able to use this as a filler in tests. Tried looking for it on the material database but no joy. Any help would be met with adulation and nice things being said all around.


Chris

Re: Material Preview Background Grid - a usable material?

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:28 pm
by fused
Hi Chris,

I uploaded the matetial for you to the database (it's just a simple diffuse with a grid texture).
Please keep in mind that, since it is just a texture, the grid will not necessarily correspond to 10cm in your scene, it all depends on how you map the texture.

Here's the link: http://www.indigorenderer.com/materials/materials/1027

Cheers!

Re: Material Preview Background Grid - a usable material?

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:20 am
by galinette
I just made a simple procedural grid that requires no UV (but the axis are aligned on world XYZ coordinates)

http://www.indigorenderer.com/materials/materials/1028

Etienne

Re: Material Preview Background Grid - a usable material?

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:36 am
by PureSpider
What's the size of the grid?

Re: Material Preview Background Grid - a usable material?

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:47 am
by CTZn
Procedural XYZ grid with 1mm, 1cm and 10cm pitch
It's a 3d texture in world space.

Nice one Etienne !

Re: Material Preview Background Grid - a usable material?

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:53 am
by PureSpider
Procedural XYZ grid with 1mm, 1cm and 10cm pitch
Ooopsie, didn't see that :oops:

Re: Material Preview Background Grid - a usable material?

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:06 am
by cotty
You can use a JPG like the attached as texture (for a 10cm square) to achive the effect.
Cotty

Re: Material Preview Background Grid - a usable material?

Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:02 am
by chris255
Thanks to all

My tests are now looking super super awesome!