A material determines the color characteristics of a surface used in a mesh. It is a basic type that can be created with the 'new' keyword.
Properties
ambient |
A Color type representing the ambient light component of the material. |
diffuse |
A Color type representing the diffuse light component of the material. |
specular |
A Color type representing the specular light component of the material. |
emissive |
A Color type representing the emissive light component of the material. |
specularSharpness |
A floating point value determining how the specular light is reflected. |
textureMap |
A string that names the bitmap file in the resources to be used for the texture map. Set to "" if no texture map. |
opacityMap |
A string that names the bitmap file in the resources to be used for the opacity map. Set to \"\" if no opacity map. |
bumpMap |
A string that names the bitmap file in the resources to be used for the bump map. Set to \"\" if no bump map. |
specularMap |
A string that names the bitmap file in the resources to be used for the specular map. Set to \"\" if no specular map. |
emissiveMap |
A string that names the bitmap file in the resources to be used for the emissive map. Set to \"\" if no emissive map. |
environment |
String identifier of an environment map for this material. |
environmentOpacity |
A floating point value between 0 and 1 determining the opacity of the reflected environment. |
environmentGradient |
A floating point value between 0 and 1 determining how much the environment reflection is reduced if the gradient between the viewer and the surface is shallow. |
Methods
loadFromFile(filename) |
Sets the material up from the given .dxmaterial file. This may be a file on disk or a URL. |
textureMapLoad(filename, inBackground) |
Loads the texture map from the given file or URL. Set inBackground to true to stream without pausing playback. |
Examples
meshes.car.materials.paintwork.diffuse = new Color("#ff0000"); // sets the paintwork of the car to red.
meshes.car.materials.paintwork.loadFromFile("http://www.dxstudio.com/examples/grass.dxmaterial.zip"); // loads the material from a dxmaterial file on the web server (with zip extension as otherwise server may not serve file)
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