Realistic Appearances

You can interactively represent realistic materials inside the Graphics window. These appearances closely match the results obtained when rendering using Advanced rendering Extension. You can choose between different material classes.
The appearance of material is more accurately represented when Display Style is set to Shading With Reflections. When using Shading With Reflections you can see realistic reflections on your model. Click Render ▶ Appearance Gallery ▶ Library to see a list of different material types and classifications. You can assign a paint such as red, to the car body and realistic reflections of the red car body appear. You can assign glass to objects on the car and get realistic looking glass, including reflections in the glass. These appearances are closely mapped to the results you would get when rendering this image using the PTC Creo Advanced Rendering extension. If you assign a red glossy plastic material to the wheels, for example, you can see that it looks like plastic. If you then change the material class to metal, you can see that wheel appears as a red anodized metal. If you set an appearance for the taillights to be red clear plastic, the lights appear as a translucent plastic in the rear-light assembly.