Material properties

This pages presents common properties of the shader used in the 3D View of Substance 3D Designer.

Overview

The 3D View renders the surface of models using a program called a shader. The shader defines the material applied to the model using a list of properties which impact various aspects of the model’s appearance.

The Materials menu of the 3D View lets you check which shader is used for each of the scene’s materials.

Designer uses the Adobe Standard Material by default, which supports several complex effects such as anisotropy, sheen and translucency.
This shader’s properties are sorted into the following groups:

UVs

Base surface

Normal

Height

Anisotropy

Emission

Sheen

Subsurface Scattering

Coat