Physical materials provide more advanced physically-based rendering properties. You can use properties such as glass, sheen, and clearcoat.

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How to switch to Physical Material

Select the dropdown at the top of the material popover to access ‘Physical’ materials

Material properties

Physical Materials share the same base set of properties as Standard Materials:

• Color: Controls the color of the material
• Opacity: Controls how transparent it is
• Metalness: Controls how much it reflects its surroundings
• Roughness: Controls how glossy or matte it is
• Normal: Controls how lighting bounces off a surface. This requires a normal map to be uploaded to the Normal channel

but you can also add Advanced properties:

• Glass: Can be used to create glass or frosted glass look
  • Thickness: Controls the thickness of volume beneath the surface
  • Transmission: Controls how transparent it is
  • Ior: Index of refraction (Ior) controls the refraction of light inside the object
• Sheen: Can be used for representing cloth and fabric materials
  • Color: Controls the color of the sheen layer
  • Roughness: Controls how rough or glossy the sheen is
• Clearcoat: Can be used to create car paint, carbon fiber, and wet surfaces. Adds a reflective layer on top of another layer
  • Roughness: Controls how rough or glossy the reflective layer is

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