How to recreate these materials?
Both weld and flexible laminated Al part? At least to look like 30%.
Thank you!
Model is done in NX
Thank you!
Model is done in NX
Well, here is the link to the weld pack for keyshot that Magnus developed many years back-
Local UV Mapping: Creating Realistic Weld Textures in KeyShot
as for the aluminum part, you can
1- become an expert in the material graph with layered bump maps and scratch layers and labels or
2- find a bitmap texture that would work from Poliigon or or some other texture map source.
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ArtStation.com can also be a nice source for such brushes/alphas etc. And most of the time really nicely priced.
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I’m not sure what the possibilities are in NX to paint an object you need an UV-map so it basically knows how a texture is wrapped around an object. And UV maps only work on polygon models so if it’s a Nurbs model you need to convert it.
You could tesselate your object in KeyShot and use KeyShot to make an UV-map but if it’s possible I would use NX to do so. Mainly because NX will know how your object is constructed and -if- it has an UV-unwrap option it could work smart since it knows the base elements.
My guess is that NX is really a Nurbs modeller and while I’m sure you can export as a polygon model I don’t think you can actually work with UV-maps, but I might be wrong.
Objects like the on in your example picture are not the hardest to UV-map but if you’re new to it it can be a bit of a puzzle. This video of Will Gibbons might give you a good insight: UV Texture Mapping CAD Models? All Your Questions Answered | Beginner Lecture (youtube.com)
After you UV-unwrapped a part you can paint onto the object. You could use 3D Paint or a specialized piece of software like Substance Painter but you could also use ZBrush or Blender which has some painting functions. For welds I think KeyShot could be enough and basically you will paint in the ‘height/bump’ map of the material since the base material will be roughly the same besides the bump.
I’ll try to make a little example today, not that much experience with welding so nice to try for me how it will work in the material graph and 3d paint option.
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Thank you! I will check video.
NX have module for polygon design but I never used it… we will see if something interesting can be done.