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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
7.1 (2018 R1)
Smart Review Version
13.x(2018)

Tools > Materials > Create Materials

Creates a palette (.pal) and material table (.mat) file from an existing Intergraph Graphics Design System (IGDS) or MicroStation color table (.tbl). A palette file is created with material definitions for each color in the IGDS or MicroStation color table. Smart Review uses the colors in the table in the material definition, and gives the default values to the remaining display properties and rendering parameters. The resulting rendered image looks like plastic with the table colors. You can also edit the resulting palette with the Edit Materials command.

To use this functionality, you must install the Photo-Realism module.

The .tbl file provides a way to quickly create a palette. Identify the surfaces in the model to which to assign the IGDS or MicroStation color table. The surfaces are specified by the color and level numbers in the model file. The software creates a material table (.mat) file for each model file that you select, with material assignments based on the surfaces that you identified.

  1. Select the IGDS or MicroStation color table to use.

  2. Identify the surface to which to assign the color table by selecting the model file, level, and color of the surface. You must select one of each to identify that surface.

    Identify multiple surfaces at once by selecting more than one model file, level, and color. Use Select All to select all the files, levels, or colors; or, Clear All to clear all the file, level, or color entries.

  • This command overwrites any existing material table.

  • To display similar colors in Smart Review and MicroStation, you can attach a new color table to a .dgn file using the MicroStation Color Table dialog box or the CT= key-in command. However, when you assign colors or create a database, the VLT color table saved in the database and the material assignments (if any) override the .dgn color table.

  • The .pal file you create in Smart Review cannot be used for the Apply materials option in the Smart Interop Publisher application when translating source files to Smart Models.

See Also

Assign Materials
Edit Materials