Create Metal Material in HB[+]

[catsquito]

Dear all,

I am wondering if there is a way to differential plastic and metal with the same R,G, B, roughness, and specularity values in HB[+].

I have tried radMetalMaterial of HB legacy
However, it came out with an error, which is understandable as radMetalMaterial is a HB legacy component. Please see the below screenshot:

I am wondering if there is any way to customize metal material in HB+ or if it is possible to fix the error of radMetalMaterial shown above.

Thank you for any suggestions!

[mostapha]

I don’t remember if we did or did not expose the metal material but in case we didn’t you can create your own material by modifying the component code. See here for another example:

Possible material bug in Honeybee[+]

I think there is an error in the mirror material type (if I’m not mistaken), the code below returns a metal type instead of a mirror type The error is in mirror.py file, line 35, the type should read “mirror”, not “metal” [1] [2]

[catsquito]

Hi @mostapha

Thank you for the suggestion!
Sorry for delaying reply. I recreated metal component and it works