Gradients (Editor)

The editor Materials gives access to Gradients, an editor that allows you to create your own gradients or to modify pre-existing gradients in Patchwork 3D Design. These gradients are used to display a different color depending on the angle at which a surface is viewed.

This parameter is available for the following types of material:

• Standard material: Diffuse and Diffuse and Reflection types,
• Multilayer material: Diffuse, Illumination and Flakes layers,
• Labels using the same types or layers as above.

To open this editor, click on the gradient icon in the Gradient zone.

You will find the same configuration of operations, namely operations to Create, Import, Save or Delete a gradient, as in the other types of editor.

Icon	Function	Description
	Delete	Delete a gradient from the palette
	Import	Load a gradient. The imported gradient is saved in the Gradients directory by default.
	Save	Save a gradient. The modifications are saved in the Gradients directory by default.

• In the Gradient zone, slide one of the two squares under the Gradient banner head to modify the gradient, or enter a value directly in the Angle field.
• Modify the color using the Color Chooser, accessible by clicking on the Color square.

Icon	Function	Description
	Create a new gradient	Create your gradient directly using the color chooser, then click this button.
	Assign the new gradient	To assign a new gradient to an element in the palette, select the gradient you want to assign the new colors to, then click this button.

To modify a gradient of the Gradient Palette, select it and double-click on it. The gradient is displayed in the viewer.

The Position as Ramp Access Angle parameter allows you to specify a gradient angle.