EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TEXTURES, MATERIALS AND COLOURING

With the use of Hex Codes combined with the different textures available within the software, thousands of combinations help you tailor your materials and colour scheme perfectly. 

Just think 1, 2, 3 

1. Select your choice of matt, sheen, metal, transparent, fabric, wood texture (and more)
2. Add your Hex Code or use the colour wheel to apply your choice of colour 
3. Apply to an object, windows, floors, walls and ceilings 

OR 

Keep it simple and apply directly from the provided options within the Material Library of your software SideBar with easy drag and drop. 

What can I paint? 

• Whole objects
• Single or grouped elements of an object
• Walls
• Floors
• Ceilings 

LOCATING MATERIALS AND COLOURS 

OVERVIEW OF THE MATERIAL DASHBOARD

GET TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS  

GET TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT TEXTURES 

APPLYING SIMPLE MATERIALS DIRECTLY FROM THE LIBRARY 

USING HEX CODES AND THE COLOUR WHEEL TO CUSTOMISE TEXTURES

THE COLOUR HISTORY

THE COLOUR SWATCH 

REMOVING PREVIOUS SELECTIONS FROM PAINT BUCKET VIEW 

SAVE YOUR FAVOURITE MATERIALS 

LOCATING MATERIALS AND COLOURS 

Open up your SideBar within the software and scroll through ALL MATERIALS, or select the different folders within the drop-down. 

OVERVIEW OF THE MATERIAL DASHBOARD 

A. View the different material categories  B. PAINT BUCKET VIEW. The top circle is the colour chosen, the bottom circle is the material/texture chosen C. Delete colour choice  D. The Colour Wheel  E. Lighten or darken the Colour Wheel F. Hex Code input G. Save custom colours in the Colour Swatch H. Custom material history

GET TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT MATERIALS  

We provide you with many different options to choose from; each one selected will give different textures such as matt, transparent, metallic, sheer and shiny. 

Select in the Material Library and apply directly to the object for easy painting.

• Concrete
• Fabric
• Marble
• Metal
• Tiles
• Wood 
• Plastic
• Glass

We have also included a miscellaneous section where you will find....

• Glass and other transparent materials 
• Wallpaper
• Grass, wicker and rope textures
• Solar panel tiles
• Brick and more ......

GET TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT TEXTURES 

Combing different textures with Hex codes gives different surfaces to play with, check out the table below for our recommendations.  

APPLYING SIMPLE MATERIALS DIRECTLY FROM THE LIBRARY 

1. Select the material of choice from the library, and a paint bucket will appear on your cursor.

The material will now show in the bottom circle of the paint bucket view; the top will remain white as no additional colour has been selected (yet).  

2. Once the material is selected and the paint bucket appears on your cursor, you can click on the object or an element of, the walls, ceiling or floor to paint. 

3. The paint bucket will remain on your cursor until you click the screen away from all objects. 

TOP TIP Hover your cursor over the area that you want to paint to preview; once the correct element previews the colour, click to make the change. 

USING HEX CODES AND THE COLOUR WHEEL TO CUSTOMISE TEXTURES

1. Select the texture of choice from the library GET TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT TEXTURES 

The chosen txture will now show in the bottom circle of the paint bucket view

2. Enter any Hex code into the Hex code field, a hashtag is not required. 

OR 

2. Use the Colour Wheel and slider to create your own paint colour

3. Once you have the desired material and colour showing in the paint bucket view, hover over the element of the object that you wish to colour, and when it previews, click to apply. 

TOP TIPS can be found 👉️ Expert Tips to Custom Material, Texture, Wood Grain and Transparent Structures

THE COLOUR HISTORY

If creating a custom material, the colour history will show the last three custom colours created and can be used on further objects in your design. 

Click on the preferred one within the history and it will apply to the paint bucket view, click on the top circle and hover over the object that you want to paint as normal. 

Don't forget to change material if needed 

THE COLOUR SWATCH 

Save custom colours that you wish to use again

Create the colour that you want to save using Hex codes or the colour wheel. Once it is showing in the paint bucket view, click on the plus sign to add to your colour swatch to be used again in the future. 

You are able to save 16 before your oldest save will delete to allow a new one.

REMOVING PREVIOUS SELECTIONS FROM PAINT BUCKET VIEW 

To remove the colour selection, click reset 
To remove the material selection, select a new material 

SAVE YOUR FAVOURITE MATERIALS 

We have added a heart next to every material choice and once selected, all of your favourites will appear in a dedicated folder within the material library 

RELATED GUIDES 

Expert Tips to Custom Material, Texture, Wood Grain and Transparent Structures

Windows and Transparent Walls

Painting the Interior Floor, Walls and Ceiling

Painting the Template Exterior in V3