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Description
The Create New Material dialog allows a new material node to be added to the Materials folder using any of the available material definitions.
Navigation
This command can be accessed in the following ways:
•Menu > Create > New Material
•Ctrl + Alt + T
•Toolbar button: 
•On the Materials folder in the object tree view, right mouse click and select "Create a New Material"
Controls
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Control
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Inputs / Description
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Defaults
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Name
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Displays the name of the new material
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Material n
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Description
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Displays the description of the new material
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Empty String
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Type
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Displays the type of new material. Options are:
•Sampled Material (refraction indices for discrete wavelengths)
•Optical glass
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Schott
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Ohara
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Hoya
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Pilkington
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Corning
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ISP
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Chengdu
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Hikari
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Sumita
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Archer
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CDGM
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Heraeus
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NHG
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RPO
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•Custom Glass
•Model Material (Refraction Index and Abbe number)
•Luneberg Gradient Index
•Maxwell Gradient Index
•Spherical Gradient Index
•Selfoc Gradient Index
•Axial/Radial Gradient Index
•Script Gradient Index
•Sampled Birefringent and/or Optically Active
•Formula Glass
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Sampled Material
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Definition Parameters
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Displays the data entries that define the selected material type.
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Varies with material type.
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Other Material Parameters
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Step Size
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Rays are propagated in discrete steps through GRIN materials and the index and gradient is calculated at each step. This option sets the size of the step taken during GRIN propagation. A smaller step size will more accurately reflect the index profile of the material but will increase the raytrace time.
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0.1
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Max # Steps
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This value designates a maximum number of sequential steps that can be taken by a ray while propagating inside of a GRIN material.
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1000
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X, Y, Z Offset
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The X, Y and Z offset values designate the origin shift of the GRIN material in the local coordinate system after being applied to the geometry. This option allows the user to specify an offset z-axis for a radial GRIN, for example.
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0,0,0
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OPL Group Velocity
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(Advanced Feature) This option adds path length to rays using the group velocity index.
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Unchecked
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OK
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Accept settings and close dialog box.
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Cancel
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Discard settings and close dialog box.
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Help
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Access this Help page.
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Related Topics
Add Glass Catalog Material
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