PREDICTIVE MATERIAL EDITOR

摘要

A method for generating a user interface within a graphics application for a set of materials, such that each material includes a material definition and is capable of being applied to a geometry in a graphics scene when performing a rendering operation. A GUI generation engine obtains configuration information associated with an environment for a computer system and determines that a first set of materials is associated with the configuration information. The GUI generation selects the first set of materials to be displayed in a graphical user interface, and the graphical user interface is displaying to an end-user. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention provide for a technique for exposing only those materials, user interface objects, editable material parameters, user interface elements, vocabulary, rendering engines, and/or rendering engine implementations that are relevant to the user of a particular rendering application.

主权项

1. A method for generating a user interface within a graphics application for a set of materials, wherein each material includes a material definition and is capable of being applied to a geometry in a graphics scene when performing a rendering operation, the method comprising:
determining that a first set of materials is associated with configuration information related to a computer system environment, wherein each material represents a texture map related to a selected surface and comprises a definition that specifies a set of editable material parameters for the material, and wherein each editable material parameter specifies a characteristic of the material to use in the rendering operation in which the material is applied to the geometry; selecting the first set of materials to be displayed in a graphical user interface; and displaying the graphical user interface to an end-user.