I also use the dielectric material but I think I do something wrong. I can hardly look through the glas (or whatever ist is). My dielectric material is always ok, and It's transparent. Now it looks like stainless steel.Originally posted by pbman
the knob is made up of 2 parts
th inside - the slope bit with numbers
i think that this is a lambert with a file texture and bump
the texture has a yellowy orange/gold background
then there is the cyclinder that encases it
this is a mental ray node called dieletric (spelling)
what it means is that it reflects some light, lets some pass right through and lets some reflect inside the objcts so u get that effect of like diamonds
i changed the colour (col) to an orange/red u chose what ur ooking for
and changed the lor and lor_out settings
to get the look i was after
this will change how far u see into it ect