Attributes & Surface Materials

Attribute Editor

1. What is the Attribute Editor?

2. How is it different from the Channel Box?

3. How do you view an object’s attributes?

4. What does each tab represent?

5. The first tab is labeled as the object’s name is known as which node?  What is the most important feature of this tab?

 

6. Describe the purpose of the shape node.

 

7. Describe the purpose of the input node.

 

8. Describe the Initial Shaping Group and Lambert nodes.

 

Surface Materials

1. What do the surface materials control?

 

2. What are two other names for the surface material?

 

3. How do you assign a new material to an object?

 

4. How do you edit the shading material’s color attributes?