Saving materials
During the production, it is expected that we save the materials applied to the 3D models. This should be done for precaution purposes, in case something goes wrong or when we need to go back and forth with materials, without having to lose any settings. Lumion has an option to save the materials you applied to a 3D model and later on load them again, if necessary. There is another feature that this recipe is going to show you which will give you a chance to save a single material instead of material sets. Let's see how we can use both of these options.
Getting ready
To use this recipe, you need some 3D models in your project to apply the materials and save them.
How to do it…
To save a material set, perform the following steps:
From the left-hand side of the screen, select the third menu, the Import menu.
Select the Edit materials button.
Select the 3D model and apply some materials in case you don't have any.
On the right-hand side of the screen, you can see a number of buttons...
