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Computer aided design software.
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surface sampler
Software; CAD
This tool has been renamed Transfer Maps. See texture map for more information.
tangent constraint
Software; CAD
In animation, a constraint that keeps an object moving along, and oriented to, a curve. The curve provides the path of the object’s motion, and the object orients itself to point along the curve.
surface highlights
Software; CAD
In rendering, distinct shading characteristics provided by the particular specular attributes of a material. For example, specular highlights for Anisotropic or Phong materials, eccentricity and ...
surface material
Software; CAD
In rendering, a description of what a surface looks like when it is rendered. Common surface material attributes include color, reflectivity, and reflected color. Types of surface materials include: ...
swatch rendering
Software; CAD
The display of visual representations of all shading nodes in swatch form. For example, mental ray for Maya custom material/texture shaders and custom hardware shaders are shown in Hypershade, when ...