FreeCAD Material Workbench Overview

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This is not described correctly in the video, correct version: Setting material sets appearance unless a custom appearance has already been applied. It should show in the appearance UI which it doesn't in version 1.0. This video provides an overview of the material system in FreeCAD. The Material Workbench has been introduced in FreeCAD 1.0 and it provides unified material system across all FreeCAD workbenches. The overview provides information on how the difference between appearance and material properties, demonstration of applying appearance properties, such as color, transparency or shininess to an object. Overview of FreeCAD built in materials is provided, with demonstration of creation of new material and also creation of inherited material. Creation of physical and appearance properties is also demonstrated. The typical location of user created materials on Windows system is C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\FreeCAD\Material FreeCAD version used in the video: 1.0 Check out the Material Workbench main developer's Youtube channel:    / @davesrocketshop   Support FreeCAD project: https://wiki.freecad.org/Donate Content: 0:00 Introduction 0:57 Appearance and physical properties explained 2:56 Assigning basic appearance properties 7:55 Assigning materials to appearance and material property 11:26 Material Editor and system materials 16:40 Creating favorite materials list 17:30 Creating new material 25:30 Creating inherited (dependent) materials 32:26 Managing user created materials 33:20 FCmat file structure 35:35 BIM Workbench materials 37:46 Conclusion Follow on LinkedIn:   / fcblounge   Follow on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomaspolak.b... Check out FreeCAD here: https://www.freecad.org/ This video was created with the help of OBS: https://obsproject.com/ This video was created with the help of GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/ This video was created with the help of KDEnlive: https://kdenlive.org/ #FreeCAD #foss #osarch #aec #opensource