
This library contains the largest selection of materials of the three material libraries. We are going to use the Autodesk Appearance Library for this project. This link gives in-depth details of each library: There are three types of material libraries in Inventor, Autodesk Material Library, Autodesk Appearance Library and finally the Inventor Material Library. For this project, we want to use a solid white background and only utilize the light and reflection of the environment, so we will unselect When using an IBL lighting method, the background of the IBL is on by default. I like to turn my ambient shadows, up a bit to accentuate the details in the model, but not too much that it completely blacks out details, the controls for this is in the Shadows tab. The “Settings” selection at the bottom will open the Style and Standard Editor this contains controls so we can make additional adjustments to the Environment, Lighting, and Shadows. Combination of standard and image-based lightingįor this project, we are going to use the Image Based Lighting method we will choose the Old Warehouse as our lighting preference.

There are three types of lighting methods used in Inventor: These shadows are the result of occlusion or the blocking of objects by other objects. When ambient shadows utilized, it looks more realistic, with shadows added to corners and other dark areas of the scene. I always start with turning on ambient shadows. Let’s look at how we get from dull and gray to colorful and shiny in 5 steps You have a design review with a client, and you need some photorealistic images, but need to get it done quickly!Įnter the world of Inventor Materials, Lighting, Shadows, Rendering and Cameras
