Step 3 - Set the materials for tires, rims, and chrome parts

Now that you created the textures for the car body, you start filling in the details of the car, creating textures and assigning them to materials for specific car parts.

In this step you create textures and define the materials for the tires and rims, and you define the properties to create the chrome effect for the chrome parts.

Set the materials for tires and rims

1. In the Library > Materials and Textures > Materials select Tire, and in the Properties set:
   • Material Type to PhongTextured
   • Texture to CarTire
   
   
2. In the Library > Materials and Textures > Materials select Rim, and in the Properties set:
   • Material Type to PhongTexturedCube
   • TextureCube to CarBodyCubemapTexture
   • Texture to CarRim

   
   For the rims you use the same cubemap as you do for the car because you want the environment reflection to be the same for the rims as it is for the car.

   

Define the properties for the chrome parts

1. In the Library > Materials and Textures > Materials select Chrome, and in the Properties set:
   • Material Type to PhongTexturedCube
   • TextureCube to CarBodyCubemapTexture
   • Texture to CarBody
     
2. In the Properties adjust the color properties to get the chrome reflection, for example, set:
   • Diffuse Color:
     • Hue (H) to 0
     • Saturation (S) to 0
     • Light (L) to 60
   • Emissive Color:
     • Hue (H) to 0
     • Saturation (S) to 0
     • Light (L) to 20
     
   
   

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