The Render Appearance Library is a local, read-only library for render appearances. You assign render appearances to materials using the Materials dialog.

When you change the properties of a render appearance, the modified render appearance is stored as part of the project file. It is not stored in the read-only Render Appearance Library.

To share a modified render appearance with team members, click Manage tabSettings panel Transfer Project Standards. Be sure to also make available any custom bitmaps or image files used to define bump patterns or custom colors used by the render appearance.

Related topics

• Changing the Render Appearance of a Material
• Transferring Project Standards
• Best Practice for Storing Image Files
• How Materials Are Stored
• Additional Render Appearance Paths