Reflective Epoxy Flooring Use

[Chief_Matt]

Is there any way to implement a Reflective Epoxy flooring system for Garages,, Basements, Rec Rooms, ETC?

[Chopsaw]

One of the rendering guru's could likely give you a more precise answer but try adding a thin layer of glass to your floor and use a relatively high "Index of Refraction" then ray trace it.

 

Quickie example with bad lighting:

[Kbird1]

Yes you can turn any Image you find online of a Material into a Material for Chief , Chief repeats the pattern however so you want to make at least 4 copies of the Image in Paint for example flipping them Horz. and vertically so the will repeat more seamlessly...of course if you are a Photoshop or PixPlant User this process (seamless textures ) is even easier. 

 

I wouldn't say I am a texture Guru , this is just your image above, copied 4 times and rotate in Paint as mentioned above and then turned in a Material applied as a 1/16th floor finish. 

 

You can play with the Material's Properties to adjust the Reflection level , depending on the material Class you can adjust the Reflection or the Roughness ..the lower the roughness the higher the shine.

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/38/creating-custom-materials-and-colors.html

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/83/advanced-materials.html

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/10210/material-properties-how-to-import-set-the-pattern-visualize-in-3d.html?playlist=170

 

  

 

      Chief Material : Black Swirl Epoxy.calibz

 

Mick

 

 

[Chief_Matt]

Thank you. That helps a little. I think they would need to be bigger so it appears to be more of a random design than a pattern. But it does look very cool.

 

[Kbird1]

7 minutes ago, Chief_Matt said:

Thank you. That helps a little. I think they would need to be bigger so it appears to be more of a random design than a pattern. But it does look very cool.

 

 

I only used 4 copies of the image and only flipped them vert. and horz.  , you could easily do many more say 12 or 16 and also rotate etc to make it more Random, but it does depend a lot on the original Image.

 

[Chief_Matt]

I meant instead tiling the design, make the tiles larger so it appears more random.

I am still learning CA but I think I may be able to come up with something in due time thanks to your help. 

[Kbird1]

11 minutes ago, Chief_Matt said:

I meant instead tiling the design, make the tiles larger so it appears more random.

I am still learning CA but I think I may be able to come up with something in due time thanks to your help. 

 

You can change the size of the texture I included above to see if it helps...... eg. double it's size , you can also turn off Retain aspect ratio, and rotate it ( on 45 now )

 

 

 

[Rpadge]

By the time you vehicles in the garage, you probably wouldn't notice the pattern

 

[Rich_Winsor]

On 10/23/2021 at 10:13 AM, Kbird1 said:

  

I don't know if this is some sort of evil Rorschach test,

but ever since I've seen it I've been having nightmares.