Applying materials

Pick a material, hover a surface, click. The surface is painted.

  1. Open the Library, go to Materials and choose a category on the rail.
  2. Click a swatch. That sets your brush and arms paint mode. The status line reads Select a material to paint, then Hover a surface to paint.
  3. Hover a surface and click.

When the surface offers more than one scope, a control appears for the single surface, the Whole object, All matching items or the Room. A roof's slots are Finish, Fascias & rainwater goods and Soffit.

  • Pick samples a surface's current material into your brush.
  • Erase takes paint off.
  • Reset all clears all painting.
  • Scene materials lists the materials your drawing already uses, with an Add material button.

The categories include colours, wood, stone, brick, blockwork, tile, wallpaper, concrete, insulation, metal, plastic, fabric, carpet, leather, roofing, ground and glass. On a selected paintable face, Reflection and Normal strength controls appear.