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V-Ray for SketchUp
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Because the chairs and floor are not assigned to any materials, V-Ray gives the objects SketchUp
’
s 
default white layer as material. To know how to assign the materials to the objects and make 
adjustments, we need to open the Properties tab.
. Press
Ctrl
+
A
to
select all the objects in the scene
then
righ-
click
the
objects
, select V-Ray
Two ways to assign materials in V-Ray
1
The image is in blue tone is because the default environment color of V-Ray is set in light blue of R-
204, G224, B225. Please check
the
box
under
GI
to
enter
the
color
selections
. 
Change
the
Sat
from
62 
to
5. 
The
color
is
changed
to
light
blue
of
R
250, 
G
252, 
B
255, 
which
is
very
close
to
white
. 
Click
OK
to
exist
then
click
on
the
blue
render
icon
to
color
the
image
. 
The
image
color
becomes very close to 
white like the image on the right.

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Another way to assign materials is through the material editor. Please refer to page 15
3
. Now the objects are applied with materials. You can open the Material Editor to edit and create 
materials.
2
. In the material window, select 
Default_VRay_Material, then click apply.

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Click on Update preview button to
update
the
preview
image
to
current
materials
.
V-Ray Material Editor
V-Ray for SketchUp
'
s Material Editor has three parts:
. Material Workplace shows all the selected materials. Right click to
add
, 
import
, 
export
, 
rename
, 
remove
, 
and
select
the
objects
with
current
materials
, 
such
as
assigning
current
materials
to
the
selected
objects
, 
deleting
materials
that
are
not
used
in
the
scene
, 
and
adding
layers
with
reflections, refractions to the materials.
. Material Preview, the Update Preview button allows you to preview the adjusted materials.
. Options for material control. The options change with the added scene materials in section A.