Planes’ Material

Note

If you do not know what Materials are, don’t worry: a lesson about Materials is being written. In the meantime, you will find more information on Unreal Engine guide

You probably noticed that Planes created with the default paramaters always get blue cross on it. It is made to materialized the Plane you will be drawing on. However, it can be a little oppressive, so let’s see how to get rid of this blue grid.

From the Settings Menu

Click on the icon with a gear in the Sequencer’s top bar to display various settings.

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Here you can:

  • change the background colour and alpha (transparent / opaque)

  • change the grid colour

  • change the grid type

  • change the color of the Light Table

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Here are 2 different configurations:

  • BG : 50% transparent with a black crosshair

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  • BG : 100% transparent and no grid

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Changes done here will affect the “Master” Material. It means it will affect all Planes’ Materials already created and the ones to be added later.

Edit Master from Drawing

If you right click on a Drawing Key, you will be displayed this menu:

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You will be displayed the Master Material Instance. In the panel Details, you will find the same parameters as in the Setting Menu from the Sequencer’s top bar. You will also find additional parameters as the Blend Mode and the Shading Model.

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Tip

Do not forget to save your changes to apply them on all the existing Drawings and the ones to be added later.

Edit Default Material configuration

You can change the default Material in the Content Browser “Plugins” ▸ “EPOS Content” and edit the asset “M_Plane”.

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Note

Make sure you have the admin rights to save the default Material, as it will change the original configuration of Odyssey (especially if the software is installed in C:Program Files)