Fusion 360’s rendering is CPU driven, whereas Unreal is GPU accelerated.

I’m excited to see what can be done with these materials in a real-time engine, especially given the advanced features of Unreal Engine 5. We can access these different elements through the Appearance window in Fusion: Translucency/Opacity - how transparent a surface is to light Refractive -how light bends through a surfaceĮmissive - how much light a surface emits (glow) Reflectance/Specular/Metalness - the reflectiveness of a surface (ranging from mirror finish to a dull surface)Īnisotropy/Ambient Occlusion - the shadows along a surface Roughness - the smoothness of a surface (ranging from a sharp reflection to fuzzy/diffuse)

Normal and/or Height Maps - the bumps and imperfections along a surface PBR (Physically Based Rendering) materials are built from multiple images:Īlbedo/Diffusion/Color - the color a material reflects First, what does Fusion 360’s material library look like? ANATOMY OF FUSION 360 PBR MATERIALSīefore we can explore alternatives to Fusion 360’s included materials, we need to understand what elements these materials are made from. Tiled textures developed from Midjourney AI.Want to bring your Fusion 360 designs to life? Then let’s take a look at a wonderful alternative to Autodesk’s built-in materials library. Procedurally animated vine and foliage growth. Highlights include: Player Ineractivity: animations and shaders respond in tandem with a procedurally generated soundtrack build in Unreal Engine 5's MetaSounds. Models were textured in Houdini, or Substance Painter, or both, in addition to vertex shading techniques leveraging attributes set in Houdini. 90% of the geometry in this simulation is built in Houdini. The landscape topography, textures, and foliage are all developed in Substance Designer from scanned objects and surfaces of the real-world site at the Museum of Human Achievement in Austin, Texas. This project goes beyond physical and material realities into fantasy to suggest a space of limitlesss possibilities. This simulation proposes accessible, real-world solutions to transform an unconventional, but beloved exhibtion platform into a place for community gathering and shelter from the Texas heat. 2022 Onward is a 3D immersive experience developed to reimagine an existing art exhibition space in Austin, Texas.

Animation in fusion 360